The INI (Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectology), a Fiocruz unit, reported this Sunday (May 31, 2026) that the Belgian patient suspected of having contracted Ebola does not have the virus. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro from Uganda. Saliva, urine and blood tests showed negative results.
He was admitted to the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases on Saturday afternoon (May 30, 2026), presenting cough, chills and diarrhea. It was with malaria.
Uganda, along with the Democratic Republic of Congo, is on the list of countries with confirmed cases of Ebola.
SUSPICIOUS IN SÃO PAULO
In São Paulo, there is another suspicion of Ebola. This is a 37-year-old man who was recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tests showed positive results for meningitis. The suspected Ebola remains under investigation.
