Health officials in Canada said Monday they are looking into the case of a man who recently traveled from Liberia and is exhibiting symptoms consistent with viral hemorrhagic fevers . Viral hemorrhagic fevers is a generic term that refers to a number of diseases found in Africa , including Ebola hemorrhagic fever , Lassa fever , Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and yellow fever , according to Denise Werker , deputy chief medical health officer at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health . `` There is no risk to the general public at all about this incident . We recognize that there 's going to be a fair amount of concern , and that 's why we wanted to go public with this as soon as possible and dispel some of those myths that are out there , '' she told reporters Monday . `` We do not have information that it 's Ebola hemorrhagic fever . All we know at this point is that we have a person who 's critically ill who traveled from a country where these diseases occur , '' Werker said . An Ebola outbreak has killed at least 59 people in Guinea , which borders Liberia in West Africa . Werker said the Canadian patient is in an intensive care unit and isolated , meaning no visitors are allowed . Specimens have been sent for study , and officials are expecting preliminary results Tuesday , she said . The hemorrhagic fevers are characterized by high fever and symptoms that may be nondescript . But at the end point of the disease , patients can have bleeding from their mouths or eyes , Werker said . There is no drug treatment for Ebola hemorrhagic fever , she said , adding it is not a highly infectious disease . `` You have to be in close proximity to the person 's secretions , '' Werker said . `` The persons who are most at risk are person who are actually health care workers , who do n't wear protective clothing . '' At least 59 dead in Guinea Ebola outbreak .
A health official says there is no risk to the general public . The patient recently traveled from Liberia . An Ebola outbreak in neighboring Guinea has killed at least 59 people .