https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 35-year-old Israeli businessman has told The Local he is extremely angry after Cypriot authorities prevented him from leaving a plane in Larnaca and sent him back to Vienna because he had travelled to Liberia in early December - which is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak. https://www.thelocal.at/20150105/israeli-ebola-suspect-returns-to-austria Mon, 05 Jan 2015 01:47:00 +0100 israeli-ebola-suspect-returns-to-austria An Austrian infectious diseases expert has said that Austria needs three specialised centres to deal with suspected cases of Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.at/20141120/medical-expert-calls-for-three-ebola-centres Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:01:22 +0100 medical-expert-calls-for-three-ebola-centres UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Monday against "unnecessarily" strict restrictions on health workers returning from treating Ebola patients, in an apparent reference to quarantines and visa bans by some Western nations. https://www.thelocal.at/20141103/un-head-issues-ebola-warning Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:07:13 +0100 un-head-issues-ebola-warning Multilingual posters to inform people about the symptoms of Ebola and Mers virus are being put up at airports and train stations across Austria, Health Minister Sabine Oberhauser (SPÖ) told the state broadcaster ORF. https://www.thelocal.at/20141020/ebola-posters-at-austrian-airports Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:04:00 +0200 ebola-posters-at-austrian-airports The UN nuclear agency said Tuesday that it will provide specialised equipment to West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak to help faster diagnosis. https://www.thelocal.at/20141014/advanced-tech-speeds-ebola-diagnosis-in-sierra-leone Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:06:00 +0200 advanced-tech-speeds-ebola-diagnosis-in-sierra-leone The Austrian Red Cross is warning that black people are being unnecessarily stigmatised in Austria because of fears of an Ebola outbreak. https://www.thelocal.at/20141009/increase-in-racism-in-austria-due-to-ebola-fear Thu, 09 Oct 2014 12:29:00 +0200 increase-in-racism-in-austria-due-to-ebola-fear A young Liberian refugee who made an epic voyage to Austria after his entire family died - apparently from Ebola - has been isolated in the Salzburg Regional Hospital for observation. https://www.thelocal.at/20141006/salzburg-activates-ebola-emergency-plan Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:14:00 +0200 salzburg-activates-ebola-emergency-plan A woman from Saudi Arabia, who was visiting Vienna for a few days, has been admitted to Kaiser-Franz-Josef hospital suffering from the deadly Mers coronavirus, in the first case of the disease in Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20140930/saudi-woman-in-vienna-hospital-with-mers-virus Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:35:00 +0200 saudi-woman-in-vienna-hospital-with-mers-virus A 15-year-old boy who was admitted to Linz General Hospital on Friday having symptoms consistent with Ebola has now been confirmed as having malaria. https://www.thelocal.at/20140906/15-year-old-boy-has-malaria-not-ebola Sat, 06 Sep 2014 13:41:20 +0200 15-year-old-boy-has-malaria-not-ebola A 15-year-old boy with Ebola-like symptoms is being treated in an isolation ward in Upper Austria. The young man was admitted to Linz General Hospital on Friday morning, suffering from a high fever. https://www.thelocal.at/20140905/suspected-case-of-ebola-in-linz Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:26:00 +0200 suspected-case-of-ebola-in-linz A preliminary test of a blood sample from a woman with a suspected case of Ebola in Vienna has come back negative, according to the Health Ministry’s director for public health. https://www.thelocal.at/20140904/suspected-ebola-case-is-likely-negative Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:17:58 +0200 suspected-ebola-case-is-likely-negative A 45-year-old woman with a suspected Ebola infection has been admitted to hospital in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20140903/suspected-case-of-ebola-in-vienna Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:44:00 +0200 suspected-case-of-ebola-in-vienna The Freedom Party's (FPÖ) spokesman for science is warning that Austria is unprepared in the event of the deadly Ebola virus appearing in the country. https://www.thelocal.at/20140828/austria-not-prepared-for-ebola Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:33:00 +0200 austria-not-prepared-for-ebola Austria's health ministry gave the all-clear Tuesday evening after regional authorities earlier reported two suspected cases of Ebola in two men recently returned from Nigeria. https://www.thelocal.at/20140820/all-clear-given-on-suspected-ebola-cases Wed, 20 Aug 2014 02:28:00 +0200 all-clear-given-on-suspected-ebola-cases Two Nigerians in Upper Austria who recently returned from Lagos on August 13 have been placed into quarantine on Tuesday while medical officials test them for the possibility of the deadly Ebola virus. https://www.thelocal.at/20140819/two-new-suspected-ebola-cases-in-austria Tue, 19 Aug 2014 22:03:00 +0200 two-new-suspected-ebola-cases-in-austria Latest update: Ebola was not the cause of death. The discovery of a woman's body triggered precautionary testing for the possible presence of the highly infectious ebola disease in the town of Vomp in Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.at/20140817/ebola-scare-hits-tyrol-when-body-found Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:53:00 +0200 ebola-scare-hits-tyrol-when-body-found An Austrian doctor believes that there is little chance of cases of Ebola appearing in this country, according to a report on Tuesday from the Austrian Press Agency. https://www.thelocal.at/20140806/viennese-doctor-downplays-risk-of-ebola-in-austria Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:19:00 +0200 viennese-doctor-downplays-risk-of-ebola-in-austria