Sydney: An Australian woman was being assessed on Thursday for the Ebola virus after she developed a fever following her return from a month working as a Red Cross nurse in Sierra Leone, officials said.
Queensland state chief health officer Jeanette Young said the 57-year-old developed a "low-grade fever" on Thursday morning and went to Cairns Hospital, where she was put into isolation.
Blood was taken from her and sent to Brisbane by plane for testing.
"We don't know whether she has that but she's been exposed to people with the disease while working in Sierra Leone and she now has a low-grade fever."
Queensland state chief health officer Jeanette Young said the 57-year-old developed a "low-grade fever" on Thursday morning and went to Cairns Hospital, where she was put into isolation.
Blood was taken from her and sent to Brisbane by plane for testing.
"We don't know whether she has that but she's been exposed to people with the disease while working in Sierra Leone and she now has a low-grade fever."
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