Suspected Ebola in Israel: Two Returnees from Congo Moved to Isolation; Tests Came Back Negative

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The Health Ministry announced that two people who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and developed fever were suspected of having Ebola. One was transferred to Sheba Medical Center and the other to Ichilov Hospital, which were designated as dedicated centers for treating suspected cases.

According to Walla, the Health Ministry opened an epidemiological investigation to trace possible contacts. The ministry stressed that this concerns only a suspicion.

The Health Ministry announced that tests of the two hospitalized patients came back negative, and the suspicion was lifted. The ministry stressed that, as of now, no confirmed case of Ebola has been diagnosed in Israel.