A five-year-old boy who was hospitalized in New York City after returning from West Africa has tested negative for the Ebola virus, health officials said Monday.
“Out of an abundance of caution, further negative Ebola tests are required on subsequent days to ensure that the patient is cleared,” the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in a written statement.
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The boy will also be tested for respiratory viruses, the health department said. He will remain quarantined until all of the tests have been completed and the results have returned.
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The boy, who is in isolation at the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, developed a fever this morning while under the watch of hospital staff.
He had recently returned from one of the three West African countries experiencing an Ebola epidemic.
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