Patient in suspected Ebola case in Canada tests negative

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TORONTO, Shawwal 14, 1435, August 10, 2014, SPA -- A patient being treated in a Toronto-area hospital in a suspected Ebola case has tested negative for the virus, Ontario's health ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The patient had recently travelled to Canada from Nigeria, where a state of emergency has been declared over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The patient was put in isolation after showing flu-like symptoms and fever. "I can now confirm a recent case that underwent testing at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg was found to test negative for Ebola virus disease," Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said in a statement. --SPA 16:04 LOCAL TIME 13:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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