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20th October 2014
01:24pm BST

Garda have street around mater hospital sealed off suspected Ebola patient rushed in pic.twitter.com/YD2x0r2a3b
— Keith Heffernan (@Keithyheffo) October 20, 2014
A spokesperson for the Mater Hospital confirmed the news: “I can confirm a woman has been admitted to the National Isolation Unit in the Mater Hospital at a low level. Every precaution is being taken”.
Ebola can only be spread through contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids and isn’t transmissible by air.
Lead image via RTÉ News