Health officials say additional tests done on two patients in isolation at Victoria Hospital are negative for the Ebola virus.
The pair arrived at the London Health Sciences Centre on Tuesday night and were immediately placed in isolation.
The family members, who had just arrived in Waterloo after spending time in a Guinea refugee camp, were feeling ill and it was suspected they have may have been infected with Ebola while in West Africa.
“These test results confirm that the two patients who have been under investigation for the last several days do not have Ebola virus disease. The risk of infection had been small from the beginning, yet it was necessary to take all the precautions we could until Ebola could be completely ruled out,” says Dr. Chris Mackie, medical officer of health and CEO at the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
The LHSC is a designated Ebola treatment facility and will continue to house any patients who are suspected of having the deadly virus.
Many African countries are still dealing with an Ebola outbreak, which has claimed the lives of over 9,000 people.
