Ebola: two children being tested for virus in Newcastle

Children tested in Infectious Diseases Isolation Unit after showing viral symptoms on return from Africa

Infectious disease specialist conducts blood tests for Ebola
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Two children are being tested for Ebola at an infectious diseases unit in Newcastle after arriving in the UK from Africa.

Both were said to be showing viral symptoms, although it is has not been confirmed that they had been to one of the affected countries.

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