Boston patient does not appear to have Ebola, hospital says

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Boston patient does not appear to have Ebola, hospital says

BY KEVIN MURPHY
Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:34pm EDT

(Reuters) - A man in Massachusetts who was being evaluated at a Boston hospital for a possible Ebola infection does not appear to have the deadly disease, officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said on Sunday night.

The patient, who recently returned from Liberia, had complained of headache and muscle aches, prompting his admittance to an isolation ward with close monitoring, the hospital said.

"This patient does not appear to meet CDC criteria to be considered someone at high risk for Ebola and the likelihood of Ebola Virus Disease is extremely low," the hospital said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

Even so, the patient will remain in isolation, the hospital said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-health-ebola-massachusetts-idUSKCN0I10UZ20141013

[Crunchy Frog]

1. It doesn't say that he's tested negative

only that he doesn't meet the CDC "criteria". He could easily be in the early stages of the illness, where the symptoms are not yet severe enough to meet "the criteria".

I will wait for the outcome of the testing.