California health officials say there’s not much reason to worry right now about getting infected by the Ebola virus. This comes on the heels of an announcement that a Sacramento patient is in isolation while being tested for the virus.
Health officials say there are three criteria to determine risk of Ebola infection: travel to outbreak regions, the patient’s specific exposures and their clinical picture.
They say the patient now in a Sacramento isolation unit is at low-risk of Ebola infection.
But Dr. Gil Chavez with the California Department of Public Health says if a case of Ebola were to present, the state would be prepared.
“The risk of the spread of Ebola is extremely low, our advanced health care system has appropriate protocols in place to prevent the spread of this often deadly disease," Chavez said.
The state says isolation units are widely available throughout the state, and public health agencies have the resources to track people exposed to potential Ebola patients.
