Two patients who recently arrived in Brazil from African countries have been put in isolation after showing symptoms linked to Ebola, officials said, though one later tested negative for the virus. Another man was placed in isolation in Rio de Janeiro after arriving from Uganda on May 22 and showing “viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhea,” local officials said.
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One of two patients with Ebola-like symptoms tests negative in Brazil
June 1, 2026Two patients who recently arrived in Brazil from African countries have been put in isolation after showing symptoms linked to Ebola, officials said, though one later tested negative for the virus. Another man was placed in isolation in Rio de Janeiro after arriving from Uganda on May 22 and showing “viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhea,” local officials said.