A male patient who has been kept in isolation at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital since Monday has tested negative for the Ebola virus, officials said.
"We would like to report that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the patient kept in isolation since Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 at The Mount Sinai Hospital has tested negative for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The patient is in stable condition, is improving and remains in the care of our physicians and nurses," a spokesperson for the hospital told Mashable in a statement.
The man went to Mount Sinai's emergency room early Monday with a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms, hospital spokesperson Johanna Younghans previously told Mashable in an emailed statement.
He reported traveling to a West African country where Ebola has been recorded — the hospital wouldn't say which country due to privacy concerns — and was placed in isolation. The man then underwent a series of tests to determine the cause of his symptoms, with the specimen being sent to a CDC lab in Atlanta, Georgia.