UGANDA: Suspected ebola traveler from Nigeria at Entebbe Airport isolated - negative

[Nordica]

ENTEBBE - Authorities at Entebbe Airport have placed an unidentified woman traveling from Nigeria under isolation, after she developed signs of Ebola virus disease.

The Ministry of health on Monday confirmed that tests had been carried out on the patient to determine if she has Ebola.

?It is true that someone suspected to have Ebola was been isolated. Samples from the patient have been taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe and test results will be out in 24 hours,? the health ministry?s spokesperson, Rukia Nakamatte said
......

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/658819-ebola-suspect-held-at-entebbe-airport.html

[Nordica]

Re: UGANDA: Suspected ebola traveler from Nigeria at Entebbe Airport isolated

The suspected Ebola patient screened at Entebbe International Airport has tested negative for the deadly virus, the health ministry says.

Samples taken from the Nigerian national who is in her early 20s indicated that the patient suffered from malaria instead, according to a ministry statement.

The university student had presented with vomiting, headache, fever, yellow signs and was therefore a probable case of Ebola since she had travelled through Liberia, where the latest outbreak started.
...

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/658848-ebola-suspect-at-entebbe-had-malaria-instead.html