The News Journal

A child from Liberia was treated for possible exposure to Ebola on Saturday after being brought into the Bayhealth Kent General emergency department, the hospital announced Sunday.

Emergency room staff made an initial assessment. As a precaution, officials placed the child in a private isolation room and followed guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control in testing people with suspected cases.

The patient is symptom free, the hospital said Sunday night.

State officials were notified and they informed the CDC.

The child is past the 21-day maximum incubation period and the CDC said the likelihood of Ebola infection is extremely low.

The patient will continue to be observed in the hospital until the CDC and the infectious disease physician determine it is safe for the patient to be discharged, the hospital said in a news release.