If a case of Ebola is confirmed in Winnipeg, it will trigger a response involving specially-trained staff at Health Sciences Centre, scientists from the National Microbiology Lab and an Ebola rapid response team from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

HSC has designated 10 isolation rooms for Ebola patients and each of them is equipped with two sets of doors where the second will not open until the first has closed.

"The air pressure within them, sucks air actively into the room so that bacteria, viruses, small particles cannot escape,” said Dr. Perry Gray the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said it has trained more than 500 staff to deal with Ebola patients including at emergency rooms around the city where patients might report before being transferred to HSC.

"What you've seen today demonstrates that we have a really solid plan to manage these patients, if and when we receive one,” said Helen Clark, WRHA’s chief operating officer for emergency response and patient transport. “I'm very confident in what Health Sciences Centre has done to prepare for this."

Samples from suspected cases will be sent to the National Microbiology Lab and if they come back positive, one of the national Ebola rapid response teams will respond to help lead treatment and containment efforts.

"It's really important to identify people they've been in contact with and places they've been so we can identify any potential risk for exposure that we have to manage,” said the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Michael Routledge.

Two of the rapid response teams are already located in Winnipeg, ready to deploy anywhere in the country if an Ebola case is confirmed.