The patient — who has not been publicly identified — recently returned to the U.S. after traveling to Liberia. Upon his return, he was contacted by county health nurses daily to see if he had developed a fever or any other symptoms.
When a fever was detected, the man was immediately isolated and transferred to CMC to be cared for by healthcare workers in protective gear, a precaution that was taken despite a relatively low likelihood of Ebola, according to health officials.
Now that the patient’s test results came back negative, he will be moved into a regular hospital room to continue treatment.
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