The patient was placed in isolation Thursday in an Abitibi-Témiscamingue hospital after showing symptoms resembling the Ebola virus has tested negative for the disease.

Local public health services confirmed the results of the tests on Sunday.

Details about the patient have not been made public, including the patient’s gender and where they were hospitalized.

Authorities had already assured the public that there was minimal risk the patient contracted the virus.

This person had ‘contact ‘ with travellers from one of the affected countries in West Africa .