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| Ebola: Commonwealth Games cyclist tested and cleared | Ebola: Commonwealth Games cyclist tested and cleared |
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| An athlete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has tested negative for Ebola, organisers have confirmed. | |
| A spokesman for Glasgow 2014 said the competitor was given tests for a number of conditions after he fell ill last week and was admitted to hospital. | A spokesman for Glasgow 2014 said the competitor was given tests for a number of conditions after he fell ill last week and was admitted to hospital. |
| Sierra Leone road cyclist Moses Sesay, 32, competed in his event, the men's individual time trial, on Thursday. | Sierra Leone road cyclist Moses Sesay, 32, competed in his event, the men's individual time trial, on Thursday. |
| Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries. | Ebola has caused more than 700 deaths since February in an outbreak affecting four west African countries. |
| Isolated incident | Isolated incident |
| The spokesman said: "There is no Ebola in the Athletes Village of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. | The spokesman said: "There is no Ebola in the Athletes Village of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. |
| "We can confirm an athlete was tested for a number of things when he fell ill last week, including Ebola. | "We can confirm an athlete was tested for a number of things when he fell ill last week, including Ebola. |
| "The tests were negative and the athlete competed in his event on Thursday." | "The tests were negative and the athlete competed in his event on Thursday." |
| "We are dismayed by some of the sensational and misleading headlines to date." | "We are dismayed by some of the sensational and misleading headlines to date." |
| A spokeswoman for Health Protection Scotland added it was an isolated incident and no other athletes were tested. | A spokeswoman for Health Protection Scotland added it was an isolated incident and no other athletes were tested. |
| "No one has tested positive for Ebola in Scotland," she said. | "No one has tested positive for Ebola in Scotland," she said. |
| Public emergency | Public emergency |
| Sesay's home country, where more than 200 people have died from the disease, has declared a public health emergency. | Sesay's home country, where more than 200 people have died from the disease, has declared a public health emergency. |
| World Health Organization (WHO) director general Margaret Chan will meet the presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea later to discuss the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa. | World Health Organization (WHO) director general Margaret Chan will meet the presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea later to discuss the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa. |
| The WHO is hoping that public health organisations around the world will help provide several hundred more medical staff needed to treat the victims of the fever. | The WHO is hoping that public health organisations around the world will help provide several hundred more medical staff needed to treat the victims of the fever. |
| The outbreak - the world's deadliest to date - was first reported in Guinea in February. | The outbreak - the world's deadliest to date - was first reported in Guinea in February. |
| It then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a person who travelled from Liberia to Nigeria died of the virus shortly after arriving in Lagos last week. | It then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and a person who travelled from Liberia to Nigeria died of the virus shortly after arriving in Lagos last week. |
| Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment. | Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment. |
| Ebola virus disease (EVD) | Ebola virus disease (EVD) |