The Winnipeg animal disease lab is on the same site as a microbiology laboratory where scientists developed an experimental Ebola vaccine. There have been no confirmed Ebola cases in Canada, according to the public health agency’s website. The employee has agreed to be isolated and will be monitored for symptoms by health officials for 21 days, Copps said. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids and individuals are not considered infectious until they develop symptoms, which has not happened in this case, said Theresa Tam, deputy chief public health officer of Canada’s Public Health Agency. She said the employee was offered an Ebola vaccine, but officials would not say if it was used.

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2016 19:18 UTC