Ebola Patient Admitted Hospital In Minnesota

update the african refugee that was caught at the airport  bringing bat and monkey meat in a suit case has been admitted to a local hospital in  minnesota  for possible Ebola Virus. 

The refugee was admitted to a hospital in minnesota : with high fever, vomiting blood and explosive diarrhea, and bleeding from eyes and mouth .

Possible Ebola Infected Passenger Arrives Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — At Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have identified a trend that could have deadly effects and lead to another outbreak of Ebola disease.  The culprit is bushmeat.

The term “bushmeat” refers to raw and minimally processed meat that comes from wild animals in certain regions of the world including Africa and may pose communicable disease risk. Bushmeat comes from a variety of wild animals, including bats, nonhuman primates, cane rats (grasscutters) and antelope. Bushmeat is often smoked, dried, or salted, which are not procedures that render the meat noninfectious.

Bushmeat could be infected with germs that can cause sickness in people including the Ebola virus.

“Just last week our agriculture specialists stopped a passenger returning from Liberia,” said Augustine Moore, Area Port Director-Minnesota. When officers asked if he had any bushmeat, he said he had “parts of a monkey; turned out is was two primate arms and primate rib material.”

Ebola is a rare and deadly disease that is spread through direct contact with the blood or body fluids or a person that is sick or died from Ebola. Generally, Ebola is not spread by food. However, in Africa, human infections have been associated with hunting, butchering, and processing of meat from infected animals.

Federal officials say a trend could lead to another Ebola  disease outbreak.