A patient admitted to Howard University Hospital in Washington for Ebola-like symptoms does not have the disease, the DC Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Saturday.
The patient has been admitted to the hospital in stable condition and is isolated, NBC Washington reported.
“In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate infection control protocols, including isolating the patient,” hospital spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said in a statement. “Our medical team continued to evaluate and monitor progress in close collaboration with the CDC and the Department of Health.”
On Friday the D.C. Department of Health released a statement saying officials were working with the CDC and Howard University Hospital to monitor “any patients displaying symptoms associated with the Ebola virus,” but that there have not been any confirmed cases of Ebola in the district so far.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, said Saturday another patient being monitored for the deadly disease had tested negative for Ebola and instead was being treated for Malaria.
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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