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Ugandan woman quarantined in Bengaluru tests negative for Ebola
A Ugandan woman has tested negative for Ebola disease, India's Health Ministry said on Wednesday, after she was quarantined in the southern city of Bengaluru on suspicion of having the virus.
The ministry has not yet said when the woman will be released from quarantine.
The 28-year-old visitor from Uganda did not show symptoms and was quarantined as a precaution, said Dr Anil Kumar Banagar, medical superintendent at ?the hospital where she was isolated, though the ministry said she suffered mild body ache.
The news comes a day after India's Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda reviewed preparations to tackle the Ebola disease outbreak in Africa.
India has not had a confirmed case of the virus since 2014. However, authorities have stepped up screening processes at international Airports since the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The World Health Organisation declared it a public health emergency earlier this month and warned that the virus could spread into neighboring nations.
The outbreak is of a rare type of Ebola that is outpacing response efforts, the World Health Organization says, with more than 900 suspected cases and more than 220 deaths. Aid efforts have intensified, and WHO says the outbreak could last for months.
As of May 22, Uganda has two confirmed cases of the virus, according to WHO.
