Ebola: patient who returned to Sardinia from Congo tests negative

Ebola: patient who returned to Sardinia from Congo tests negative
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Milan, 1 June (LaPresse) – The Ministry of Health reports that “the Ebola test carried out yesterday on the patient who returned to Sardinia from the Congo has come back negative. The tests were conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Rome. The patient returned to Italy on Saturday 30 May. Yesterday, after experiencing some symptoms, he called 118 and was taken to the bio-containment unit at the Santissima Trinità Hospital in Cagliari for the necessary diagnostic tests, as required by current protocols‘. The Ministry also states that ’it remains in contact with the health authorities in Sardinia. It is confirmed that the risk in Italy remains very low”.

Milan, 1 June (LaPresse) – The Ministry of Health reports that “the Ebola test carried out yesterday on the patient who returned to Sardinia from the Congo has come back negative. The tests were conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Rome. The patient returned to Italy on Saturday 30 May. Yesterday, after experiencing some symptoms, he called 118 and was taken to the bio-containment unit at the Santissima Trinità Hospital in Cagliari for the necessary diagnostic tests, as required by current protocols‘. The Ministry also states that ’it remains in contact with the health authorities in Sardinia. It is confirmed that the risk in Italy remains very low”.

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