Lebanon - Beirut: Potential ebola patient under evaluation

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http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141023/news/141029247/

BEIRUT -- A Lebanese man who arrived from West Africa is suspected of having Ebola and was quarantined on Thursday in a Beirut hospital, the first such suspected case in the country, Lebanon's health minister said.

The Lebanese national reported himself to hospital after fearing he was displaying symptoms of the disease, minister Wael Abu Faour told The Associated Press.

The man arrived from a West African country three days ago, Abu Faour added, without elaborating.
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Re: Lebanon - Beirut: Potential ebola patient under evaluation

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/lebanon-reports-suspected-case-ebola-26398217

A Lebanese man who arrived in Beirut from West Africa believing he may have Ebola was reassured by doctors that he is disease free but was still taken into a hospital quarantine on Thursday as a practice run to check the country's preparedness, a health official said.

The case initially raised concerns because it was announced by the health minister, Wael Abu Faour, who said earlier in the day that Lebanon had quarantined a man suspected of having Ebola. The announcement came after days of warnings by the government that the country was at a high risk of exposure to the disease.
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