Milan, May 25 (LaPresse) – The Ebola tests carried out today at the “Sacco” Hospital in Milan on two people who returned in recent hours from Uganda are negative. This was reported in a statement by the Ministry of Health. The two are aid workers who, together with five other Italian nationals, “provided assistance in Uganda for about three months,” clarified Lombardy Regional Welfare Councillor Guido Bertolaso during a press briefing. “The two individuals underwent, as a precaution, specialist clinical evaluation as part of monitoring activities related to the Ebola disease outbreak that developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” the ministry explained, adding that it is “in contact with the Lombardy Region through the Department of Prevention.” “The Ministry of Health is also taking part in the operational committee of the Civil Protection Department within the ongoing coordination and monitoring activities,” the statement continued, adding that it “will continue to provide official updates based on the evolution of the epidemiological situation.” “The risk in Italy remains very low.”
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