{"id":502678,"date":"2026-06-20T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502678\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:11:09","slug":"israeli-health-ministry-patient-with-suspected-ebola-being-treated-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502678\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Health Ministry: Patient with suspected Ebola being treated &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (June 20, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Ministry of Health has launched an epidemiological investigation into a suspected case of Ebola infection, the government agency said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The individual under suspicion is quarantined and is being treated \u201cin accordance with the professional protocols established for handling highly infectious diseases that pose a significant health risk,\u201d the ministry noted.<\/p>\n<p>The person, who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of the Congo four days ago, sought medical treatment after developing a fever and headache. At this stage, it is only a suspicion, and the necessary tests are being conducted at Rambam Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>A final result is expected within roughly 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry added that the suspected case is the only known case in the country and that no confirmed Ebola infection has been diagnosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEbola is not airborne, and transmission occurs through direct contact with a symptomatic infected person or with blood, bodily fluids, or other secretions,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(June 20, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel\u2019s Ministry of Health has launched an epidemiological investigation into a suspected case&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-502678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}