Wednesday 13 August 2014

Rwanda Patient Tests Negative Of EBOLA Virus.

Kigali - Rwanda said on Tuesday that a German
man put in isolation with fever had tested
negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola.
"We would like to inform you that the suspected
case of Ebola tested negative", the ministry of
health said in a statement.
"There's no Ebola in Rwanda."
A German student with Ebola-like symptoms was
placed in isolation late Sunday while blood tests
were carried out.
Minister of health Agnes Binagwaho said the
patient was a medical student who had recently
spent time in Liberia, one of four West African
countries where the virus has been spreading.
The other nations are Guinea, Sierre Leone and
Nigeria.
Like other nations across east Africa, Rwanda
says it has put in place measures against the
deadly virus.
The Ebola virus has killed 1 013 people, according
to the latest data from the World Health
Organisation which calls it a global health emergency.

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