News: Ebola in Canada?: Suspected patient returns from Nigeria to Ontario with 'symptoms'

A hospital in Canada is treating a patient with flu-like symptoms similar to what an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus would look like.

The patient is being held in isolation at the Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario after returning from a trip to Nigeria, which on Friday declared a state of emergency because of the disease.

'Initial signs and symptoms of Ebola are similar to many more common diseases,' cautioned Ontario's health minister, Eric Hoskins.

'One such disease relevant to African travel is malaria. There are currently no confirmed cases of Ebola in Ontario.'

Health professionals in Canada have closely monitored the outbreak of the disease and are watching for passengers returning from West Africa.

Some 1,000 people have been killed since the virus emerged in Guinea in March, quickly spreading to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.

There is no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola.