Suspected Ebola test results prove negative – HSE

The HSE has confirmed that laboratory test samples for an individual, who had recently returned from Africa, have proved negative for Ebola Virus. In a statement released this afternoon (August 22), it indicated that infection control procedures, which had been put in place as a precautionary measure, would now be stepped down. In a statement issued last night (Thursday), the Executive said the Public Health Department was made aware earlier yesterday of the remains discovered early that morning of 43-year-old Donegal man, Dessie Quinn, who had been working in Sierra Leone, one of the countries in Africa affected by the…