The Australian Red Cross has issued a call for calm, after one of its nurses self-identified as a possible Ebola victim after returning to Queensland from West Africa.
The Red Cross says 57-year-old SueEllen Kovack, who had been working for a month in an Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone, admitted herself to a Cairns hospital for tests after developing a low-grade fever.
Head of the Red Cross International Program, Peter Walton, told Van Nguyen Ms Kovak has acted responsibly, and there's no reason for any public concern.
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