Brazil Ebola case: FALSE ALARM, traveler from Guinea OK

Update: This is now considered a false alarm.

Brazil is treating its first suspected case of the Ebola virus, the country’s Health Ministry announced Thursday night.

A 47-year-old man arrived in Brazil on Sept. 19 from Guinea and reported he had a fever on Oct. 8, within the 21-day Ebola incubation limit. He has no other symptoms, like bleeding or vomiting, but has been put in isolation and flown to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rio de Janeiro per the country’s security protocol.

Meanwhile Argentina has declared an epidemic alert because the traveler may have been in Argentina. Now, after the fact, they decided to strengthen their border checkpoints.