Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who nearly died after contracting Ebola as a volunteer in west Africa, has been charged by a regulatory body with concealing her high temperature when she returned to the UK. A high temperature is one of the first symptoms of Ebola haemorrhagic fever. During this time, Cafferkey had told friends, she had felt as if her career was on hold. Her temperature was taken six more times, but eventually, the volunteer said, Cafferkey was told she could board her flight to Glasgow. “PHE was unprepared and did not follow correct procedure in managing the screening process,” the volunteer told the Guardian.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2016 15:04 UTC