US - Texas: Patient isolated in Austin - Negative initial test

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http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/patient-in-isolation-at-austin-hospital-tests-nega/nhm8m/

A patient at an Austin hospital is being kept in isolation after an initial screening led health officials to test the patient for Ebola.

A preliminary test by state health officials came up negative.
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The patient will remain in isolation there until the Centers for Disease Control confirms the test results, officials said.
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Re: US - Texas: Patient isolated in Austin - Negative initial test

5:30 p.m. [US/Central] update: A Central Texas resident being held in isolation at an Austin hospital was not in contact with any of the three Ebola cases and was not on the flight carrying a Dallas nurse who tested positive for the disease, according to the Texas State Department of Health Services.
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