Kenya says tests on suspected Ebola case come back negative

NAIROBI: Preliminary laboratory results on a sample from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of having Ebola have come back negative, the governor of the county where he is being treated said on Thursday. Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola case on Tuesday after a citizen who had traveled from Democratic Republic of Congo died of the virus in ⁠Nairobi. There were fears ⁠the patient being treated in Wajir County could be the second case. The patient is a 20-year-old male with travel history fr