Suspected Marburg Case In Spain: Tests Negative Today...

This is as good news as could be hoped for. But still, three more weekly tests ought to occur -- to rule out a prolonged incubation period. But it does seem that the man, age 34, who'd recently been in Equatorial Guinea. . . did not carry the virus into Valencia.

Even so, he and the health workers who treated him will undergo a voluntary 22 day quarantine now. Here's that VOA story:

. . .A man in Spain who was suspected of having the deadly Marburg disease tested negative Saturday and does not have the virus, the health ministry said.

Health authorities in Valencia earlier said they had detected the country's first suspected case of the infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea.

The 34-year-old man, who had recently been in Equatorial Guinea, had been given the all-clear but would be tested again in the coming weeks, officials said.

He had been transferred from a private hospital to an isolation unit at the Hospital La Fe in Valencia while tests were being conducted, the Valencian regional health authorities said.

Three health staff who are treating the man were also isolated as a precautionary measure, authorities said. . . .

Now you know -- after a very long Avatar 2. . . just chilling tonight, as the sun sets on the end of Grade One basketball season. Smile.

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