Vaccine offered to some in the group while all face twice-daily temperature checks and travel restrictions after nurse developed an Ebola-related illnessHealth officials maintain imposed twice-daily temperature checks and travel restrictions on 58 people who had close contact with Pauline Cafferkey,the Scottish nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola in December and fell ill again last week with complications related to the disease.
Of the 58, 40 were confirmed as having had direct contact with the nurses bodily fluids and were offered an Ebola vaccine in line with criteria set out by an expert advisory group that includes Health Protection Scotland, and Public Health England and the Scottish government. Of those 40,25 maintain accepted the vaccine and a further 15 maintain either declined it or were unable to get it due to existing medical conditions.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com