Two children are being tested for Ebola at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
The ABC can reveal the children, both under 10, were isolated after being admitted this morning.
In a statement, the hospital said only that the two children were being tested for a “range of infectious diseases”.
However, the ABC has been told that Ebola was one of the diseases they were being tested for, and that the specific precautionary measures for Ebola were put in place this morning.
“Specialist medical staff are caring for the patients, using the procedures and equipment in which they have been trained,” the statement said.
“The safety of staff and the community is paramount.
“Results of the diagnostic testing will be known within a few hours.
“The hospital is unable to provide further information about the patients or their conditions until the test results are known.”