Hyderabad, June 5 -- A Sudanese national who had been sent to Gandhi Hospital's isolation ward on Thursday, June 4, has tested negative for Ebola, Telangana Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said on Friday, June 5.

The passenger arrived in Hyderabad in the early hours of June 4 on a flight from Ethiopia and was flagged during thermal screening after being found to have a fever and a travel history involving Uganda and South Sudan.

The 35-year-old had come to Hyderabad for knee surgery.

Meanwhile, a second Sudanese national, a student in his 20s, was also referred to Gandhi Hospital on Thursday evening from a private health facility, officials informed on Friday, June 5.

Both passengers' samples were sent to the National Institute...