The Cabinet met today to discuss the Ebola crisis, as the World Health Organisation warned the virus is accelerating in almost all settings.
The WHO has warned that Ebola is now entrenched in the capital cities of all three worst-affected countries and is accelerating in almost all settings.
It has also warned that the world's response is not keeping up with the disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, where there is said to be a sharp increase in Ebola cases in the country's capital, Conakry.
There had been hopes the disease was stabilising in the country, but aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has said there had been a massive influx of new cases.
The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in west Africa.
More than 200 health workers are among the victims.
The Health Service Executive has insisted that clear protocols are in place for health staff to manage any suspected case of the Ebola virus in Ireland.
It said there was no sense of complacency and the issue of screening at ports and airports will be considered on an ongoing basis.
The Cabinet was briefed today on preparations for what officials say is a "low risk" of the Ebola virus coming to Ireland.
As Chairperson of the Emergency Group dealing with Ebola, Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said plans were in place to deal with any incident.
He defended the decision not to screen people at airports but said the overall strategy would be kept under review.
The HSE said GPs and hospital staff have been given clear protocols on managing a suspect or real case of Ebola.
The National Ambulance Service has arrangements in place for a garda escort for the transfer of any patient with suspected Ebola to the 12-bed National Isolation Unit at the Mater Hospital in Dublin.
However, Fianna Fáil Health spokesperson Billy Kelleher said it remains unclear whether proper precautions were in place.
He called for a clear statement from Government on the issue.
Spanish hospital assessing 14 people for Ebola
Seven people turned themselves last night to an Ebola isolation unit in Madrid where Teresa Romero, the nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside Africa, is being treated.
Alarm about Ebola's spread around Europe grew as Macedonia said it was checking for the virus in a British man who died within hours of being admitted to hospital in the capital Skopje yesterday.
However, health officials said there was only a "small probability" the man had the virus.
"There is a small probability he had Ebola, but we have to wait for the full results," Dr Jovanka Kostovska told a news conference.
He said there were no other suspicious cases in Macedonia but that the hotel where the Briton had been staying remained sealed off. Blood and tissue samples have been sent to Frankfurt for testing.
In Spain, recriminations mounted over Ms Romero, who was infected in hospital as she treated two Spanish missionaries who had caught the virus in west Africa.
She remained undiagnosed for days despite reporting her symptoms.
The seven new admissions included two hairdressers who had given Ms Romero a beauty treatment before she was diagnosed with Ebola, and hospital staff who had treated the 44-year-old nurse.
The Carlos III hospital said they had all turned themselves in voluntarily to be monitored for signs of the disease.
A hospital spokeswoman said there were now 14 people in the isolation unit on its sealed-off sixth floor, including Ms Romero, her husband, and health workers who had cared for the nurse since she was admitted on Monday.
None had so far tested positive for the disease except Ms Romero, whose condition was described by the hospital as serious but stable.
The Ebola virus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhoea and sometimes internal bleeding, and is spread through direct contact with body fluids.
About half of those infected in west Africa have died.
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