Dr. Keita said following the submission of the testing result, it will be established whether the patient is an Ebola patient or not.

He said the patient is still undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Grand Cape Mount County Assistant Superintendent for Development, Tenneh Simpson Kpedebah, is calling on the Ministry of Health to provide protective materials for health workers to prevent them from contracting the Ebola virus.

The local government official said failure to provide protective gear to health workers could make them to abandon suspected Ebola patients and even the hospital.

She stressed the need for Government to protect the county from the Ebola virus, especially as it shares common borders with the Sierra Leone, where Ebola cases have also been reported.

By D. Ignatius Roberts, LINA Grand Cape Mount County Correspondent