Second person tests negative for Ebola in Madrid: health authority

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[October 08, 2014]  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish health authorities said on Wednesday that another person being monitored in Madrid for Ebola had tested negative for the disease.

The man, a Spaniard who had traveled from Nigeria, was one of several people hospitalized after authorities confirmed on Monday that a Spanish nurse had caught the disease in Madrid.

A second nurse was also cleared of Ebola. A third nursing assistant was hospitalized late on Tuesday for monitoring, a source at La Paz hospital said - bringing the number of people examined in hospital for Ebola to five, two of whom tested negative.

(Reporting by Emma Pinedo, Writing by Sarah White, Editing by Tracy Rucinski)

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