South African quarantined in Nigeria tests negative for Ebola

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South African quarantined in Nigeria tests negative for Ebola

A South African woman who was quarantined overnight in Nigeria as a suspected Ebola case has tested negative for the disease and will be allowed to return home, a U.S. The traveler, who had flown in to Lagos via Morocco on Thursday, was held overnight in an Ebola treatment center for tests after she acknowledged suffering Ebola-like symptoms after working in Guinea and Sierra Leone since April. The two countries, along with Liberia, are the worst affected by the largest outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic virus to date, which has killed more than 2,400 people so far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The epidemic has also reached Nigeria and Senegal because of sick travelers "importing" the disease, prompting governments across Africa and the world to intensify health screening.

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