# 8781
Although I can find no official announcement on Spain’s National Ministry of Health website, or Valencia’s Regional website, multiple news outlets in Spain are now reporting the the traveler from Morocco who fell ill on a flight into Valencia on Monday (see Spain Testing Traveler For Possible Ebola Infection) has tested negative for the virus.
HEALTH ALERT
Isolated on a patient suspected of suffering from Valencia Ebola
The analyzes have ruled out the disease in man, and Guinean nationals from Morocco
EFE / Valencia
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 18:54 pm
The analyzes carried out on a patient at the Hospital La Fe in Valencia, which had been isolated for suspected Ebola suffer, they have ruled out the virus and the disease entered Spain, sources have advanced the Ministry of Health.
The patient who was isolated at the La Fe Hospital in Valencia on suspicion of having the Ebola virus , originally from Guinea and landed at Valencia from Morocco , is recovering well from a clinical standpoint.
The Minister of Health of Valencia, Manuel Llombart, said the patient, who has not offered more data, a series of symptoms during a flight from Morocco, such as the need for oxygen and nasal bleeding, which were suspected to crew could be infected by Ebola virus.
He then warned the health service abroad, he was isolated in the same plane, he was picked up at the airport and he was moved to the garage of infectious patients Faith.
Although not an altogether unexpected outcome, I’ll continue to try to find an official statement confirming this report.
