Plane quarantined in Madrid after passenger displays Ebola symptoms

An Air France plane has been isolated at an airport in Madrid after a patient was reported to have a fever and shivers. The situation is being treated as a suspected case of ebola, a health ministry official was quoted as saying. Airports operator Aena and Air France said in separate statements that a passenger on Air France 1300 from Nigeria, via the French capital, had started shaking during the flight. Air France said the other passengers got off the plane, which will now be disinfected. The return flight has been cancelled.

Initial indications are that it’s not a case of Ebola.

Air France spokesman

Meanwhile, in the U.S. a man was today spotted helping a nurse with Ebola board a flight to a specialist unit - without wearing a hazmat suit or indeed any protective equipment. The man, who is carrying a clipboard, comes within feet of Amber Vinson, who is now being treated in isolation in Atlanta, Georgia. He is seen handling items given to him by a person wearing protective clothing. Ebola is contracted through contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids, and it is not airborne.

He needs to be put on watch the second the plane lands so he does not infect anyone in Atlanta.

Dean Pitts, NBC Dallas Website

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