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Brazil says first suspected Ebola case tests negative | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
Brazil says a Guinean man who had been suspected of having Ebola has tested negative for the disease. | |
The man arrived in the country on Thursday and had been quarantined. | |
Souleymane Bah went to a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after suffering a fever. | |
He was flown to the National Institute of Infectology in Rio de Janeiro but fears he was the country's first case of Ebola infection proved unfounded. | |
Health Minister Arthur Chioro said "all health protocols and procedures were applied efficiently and with great success". | |
Guinea is one of the three West African countries most affected by Ebola. | Guinea is one of the three West African countries most affected by Ebola. |
Mr Bah's symptoms appeared on the 20th day after he left Guinea - within the 21-day incubation period. He no longer has the fever. | |
Mr Bah arrived in Brazil as a refugee and was granted leave to remain until 2015 by immigration police. | Mr Bah arrived in Brazil as a refugee and was granted leave to remain until 2015 by immigration police. |
Sixty-four people who came into contact with Mr Bah, mostly in the health centre in Parana, were monitored for symptoms of Ebola. | |
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