News: 18 y.o girl quarantined in Australia after showing Ebola symptoms

One person is in isolation at an Australian hospital showing possible symptoms of Ebola.

The 18-year-old woman is at the the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, after she developed a fever overnight. 

She has been in home quarantine since she migrated from West Africa with eight family members 11 days ago. They had departed Guinea to move to Queensland. 

In a press conference on Sunday evening, Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young assured Australians the risk of the teenager spreading Ebola - if she is infected - was very low.

'She's been here in Brisbane for 11 days, there's no risk for anyone on that plane,' Dr Young said.

'You need to have symptoms and be excreting the virus, in vomit, in faeces, in sweat, in urine and she doesn't have any symptoms so she hasn't been excreting the virus so someone could get infected.' 

The health officer said Queensland had been aware of the family's arrival, and the woman, two other adults, and six children had not come into contact with anyone since being in Australia.