"Baltimore City Health Department Confirms Patient Being Evaluated For Fever; No Danger To Public Suspected"
Sunday May 31st, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Baltimore City Health Department can confirm that a patient is undergoing evaluation at Johns Hopkins Hospital with a chief complaint of fever after recently returning from West Africa. The patient is currently being treated in an isolation room. The initial evaluation is suggestive of a diagnosis other than Ebola infection but further tests are ongoing. “The testing is being done out of an abundance of caution,” said Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner.