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A BRITISH HEALTHCARE worker who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being flown back to London for treatment, the Department of Health said tofday.
Officials said the patient was currently on a military plane en route to Britain and, while not seriously ill, would be treated at an isolation unit at a London hospital.
“The Department of Health, Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England can confirm that, following clinical advice, a decision has been made to repatriate a British national healthcare worker residing in Sierra Leone, who has been diagnosed with Ebola virus disease,” a statement issued by the Department of Health said.
“The patient is not currently seriously unwell and is being medically evacuated in a specially equipped C17 Royal Air Force (RAF) plane to RAF Northolt in the UK.
“Upon arrival in the UK, the patient will be transported to an isolation unit at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.”
England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor John Watson insisted that the risk of the virus being spread in Britain remained “very low”.
Ebola spreads through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person.
The unidentified Briton is the first person from the country to have contracted the virus in a recent, devastating outbreak.
The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that the infected person is a male medic who was working for a charity in Sierra Leone.
Ebola has spread through Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, while Nigeria has also been affected, killing a total of 1,427 people since March.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned it could take several months to bring the epidemic under control.
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Bloody hell. It would be a shame to see Board Gais Theatre closed down :(
It’s the companies that own the bricks and mortar. The theatre is operated and managed by Live Nation.
As Brian said – the companies are only concerned with the ownership of the premises and not their operation.
Both companies are continuing to trade as normal.
Four Hundred and Fifty Million !!!
Hard to believe that 7-8 years ago these were numbers we were kind of used to hearing been branded around for this an that, now it just sounds like gizillions, you’d buy half of Dublin for that kinda money these days
You wouldn’t really
it really does sound like a lot of money
IRELAND RIP!!… Would the last one out please turn off the lights!!!
Well by the holy. I’ve never heard that one before.
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i remember watching an interview with Harry Crosbie bosting about the venues were fully funded and would not be affected by the downturn etc,etc.
guess it was all spin.
Thought the Point would have paid for itself many times over by now.
Again, just for the benefit of readers: The O2 (the former Point Theatre) is not affected by, or involved in any way with, these proceedings.
Nothing is ever what it appears when receivers are involved.
Are peoples tickets for upcoming shows ok ?
Yes – perfectly. All the operations are continuing their operations uninterrupted.
The low hanging fruit has been plucked and now the root’s are being attacked .
We have a bit to go yet by the looks of things
have your say