WHO says ‘no evidence’ Ivory Coast patient had Ebola

New lab analysis shows Guinean woman who previously tested positive for virus did not have Ebola, UN health agency says.

There is “no evidence” that a Guinean woman who tested positive for Ebola after arriving in neighbouring Ivory Coast had the disease, the World Health Organization says, citing a new analysis from a lab in France. Her diagnosis in mid-August was thought to be the first confirmed case of Ebola in the West African country since 1994. The diagnosis sparked a huge contact-tracing operation by the WHO,  and Ivorian medics started a vaccination campaign targeting those who were in immediate contact with the woman.