TORONTO - Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins says Ontario is prepared and ready to treat any suspected cases of Ebola, but adds the risk of contracting the virus here remains very low.
There have been eight suspected cases of Ebola in Ontario, but every one of them has turned out to be negative for the deadly virus.
Hoskins says training of front-line health care workers is already underway, and he will release updated guidelines to help them deal with Ebola by the end of the week.
And he says the strict infection control protocols that the province developed following the deadly SARS outbreak are in place now.
But the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario says it hasn't seen any sign of a provincial strategy for coping with the deadly virus.
Group spokeswoman Doris Grinspun says nurses at two Ontario hospitals that had suspected cases of Ebola say they had received no instructions or education about dealing with the virus.
