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Brazil’s Health Authorities Investigating a Suspected Ebola Case
Health officials say initial tests were negative, but the patient remains isolated while Brazil awaits definitive laboratory results and tracks two suspected cases.
- Brazilian health authorities are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, though both tested positive for other conditions while awaiting definitive results.
- More than 1,100 suspected cases and 43 confirmed deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the rare Bundibugyo strain lacks specific diagnostic tools, delaying early identification.
- Regiane de Paula, health coordinator for the São Paulo Department of Health's Disease Control Coordination Office, emphasized that the risk of disease introduction remains very low, citing absent direct flights.
- Authorities activated strict safety protocols including isolation and laboratory follow-up; the patient in São Paulo remains intubated at Emilio Ribas Hospital, the Health Ministry and Sao Paulo Health Secretariat said.
- Test results for both patients are expected next week, as the World Health Organisation continues monitoring global spread, including a previously confirmed case of an American citizen being treated in Germany.
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