Ebola nurse arrives in Geneva from Sierra Leone

According to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, a foreign nurse who was working for an international organisation in Ebola affected Sierra Leone, arrived in Geneva yesterday suffering from a bite inflicted by a child suffering from the Ebola virus. The communiqué stated that this is the first person to land in Switzerland from a region affected by the virus. Initial examinations show no signs of the virus, however the nurse will be kept under close surveillance for three weeks – the incubation time of the virus, at Geneva University Hospital (HUG).