No Ebola outbreak in Joburg
WESTBURY - It has been confirmed that there is no Ebola outbreak in Joburg, despite earlier suspicions.
Fear reportedly spread in the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child hospital when a suspected Ebola case was reported on 14 August.
DA Gauteng Health spokesperson Jack Bloom has confirmed that the tests in the hospital have come back negative.
The patient allegedly a pregnant women from Guinea, was tested and kept in isolation.
Earlier, Bloom said he received information that a patient had been taken into the hospital and had been kept in isolation.
Earlier this month, the National Health Department said that all ports in South Africa were on high alert for anyone entering the country with high temperatures.
The latest outbreak declared in Guinea in March 2014 has killed over 1 000 people, making it the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.
When contacted, a spokesperson at the hospital refused to comment.
