False Ebola alarm in Łódź

A man suspected of having contracted Ebola hemorrhagic fever does not have the disease, Jan Bondar the president of Poland’s Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS) told Polish Radio. The man, who lives in Sieradz, called an ambulance after noticing some symptoms suggesting he could have had contact with the Ebola virus. He was transported to a hospital in Łódź. The man was tested for the virus and the result was negative, Bondar said. He had not been to any of the countries affected by Ebola and he had not had contact with people who could have been there. According to the latest WHO data, almost 3,500 people have died worldwide after being infected with the Ebola virus.