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Two possible Ebola cases in Brazil ruled out as patients test negative
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- Joe Coughlan Getty Images Two suspected cases of Ebola in Brazil have been cleared after both patients tested negative for the virus, local health authorities have said.
- The individuals were monitored in Brazil's two biggest cities after returning from African countries, with both showing related symptoms.
- São Paulo health authorities said in a statement that Ebola had been ruled out for a 37-year-old man who had travelled to the DR Congo, which is at the centre of the outbreak.
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Joe Coughlan Getty Images Two suspected cases of Ebola in Brazil have been cleared after both patients tested negative for the virus, local health authorities have said.
The individuals were monitored in Brazil's two biggest cities after returning from African countries, with both showing related symptoms.
São Paulo health authorities said in a statement that Ebola had been ruled out for a 37-year-old man who had travelled to the DR Congo, which is at the centre of the outbreak. He had already tested positive for meningitis.
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