OTTAWA – The Ottawa Hospital says they have a patient in isolation with Ebola-like symptoms as they await test results for the disease.

The patient, who is at the Hospital’s General Campus, had recently visited a West African country and was immediately placed in isolation when they came to the hospital on Sunday.

They will remain in isolation until the source of the illness can be identified.

The person’s age and gender are not being released to protect their privacy, the hospital said, while test results are expected from Winnipeg MB., on Monday.

“All necessary precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of other patients, visitors and hospital staff,” said Dr. Jonathan Angel, an Infectious Disease Specialist at the Hospital.

“Strict infection prevention and control measures in Ontario hospitals means the risk of Ebola to other patients and health care workers is minimal.”

Dr. Isra Levy, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, says they are following strict outbreak protocols but tried to qualm any fears of an outbreak in the Capital.

“It’s important for the public to know that Ebola virus disease spreads only through direct contact with infected bodily fluids,” Levy said.

“It is not an airborne infection and cannot be spread through casual contact.”

Test results are expected by 6 p.m. on Monday.

Meantime, health officials in Belleville Ont., say a person has also been isolated with Ebola-like symptoms at Belleville General Hospital.

The man was isolated following a trip to Sierra Leone.

Belleville’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Richard Schabas, said the chances of the person testing positive for Ebola are very low.

“The risk of Ebola coming to Canada is very small, but it’s not zero,” Schabas said.

The man was reportedly in Sierra Leone for a very short period of time.

Schabas said the patient was not in critical condition and that test results are expected by Tuesday morning.