Nigerian woman in first suspected case of Ebola in Singapore

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Fears of the first case of Ebola surfacing in Singapore on Thursday (Aug 14) proved unfounded.

The scare began when a Nigerian woman was transferred from Gleneagles Hospital to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)'s Communicable Diseases Centre on Thursday. She was suffering from a high fever.

The woman, who "flew in to Singapore from Nigeria some days ago", had gone to Gleneagles for an undisclosed procedure. Gleneagles said it alerted the Health Ministry after it found that the woman had fever and came from a country affected by Ebola.

The hospital says the ministry then asked the hospital to transfer the woman to the Accident & Emergency department at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). While waiting for the ambulance to arrive from TTSH, the woman "was kept in an isolation room in its Accident & Emergency department.

In a statement, the Health Ministry clarified that there is no suspect case of Ebola in Singapore at present. "The case in question was indeed referred to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, but she does not fit the case definition," it said. "MOH will continue to closely monitor the situation, and continually assess and calibrate its measures."