Brazil clears two suspected Ebola cases after negative tests

Two suspected Ebola cases in Brazil were ruled out after negative Ebola tests: a São Paulo patient who had travelled to the DR Congo (and had meningitis) and a Rio de Janeiro patient who travelled to Uganda (who had malaria). Had either been positive, they would have represented the first Ebola infection outside Africa since the outbreak began. DR Congo reports over 1,000 suspected cases and at least 246 deaths; Uganda has nine confirmed cases and one death.