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 "Based on the epidemiological analysis made yesterday, health
authorities are closer to the standpoint that there is a small
probability he had Ebola," Dr. Jovanka Kostovska of the health
ministry's commission for infectious diseases told a news
conference.
But she stressed the need to wait for the full results from Germany.
Macedonian health authorities have sent blood and tissue samples
from the dead Briton to Frankfurt for testing. Kostovska said they
expected the results on Saturday afternoon.
Kostovska said 25 people had been put in isolation in the hotel
where the dead man had stayed, which was sealed off by police.
Ten others were in isolation in hospital, including the ambulance
crew that treated the Briton. None of the 35 had shown any symptoms
of Ebola, which has killed nearly 4,000 people in West Africa since
March.
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(Reporting by Kole Casule; Writing by Matt Robinson, editing by John
Stonestreet)
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