GATINEAU, QUE.—A girl who was put in isolation at a hospital in Gatineau, Que., as a precautionary measure has tested negative for Ebola.

Karelle Kennedy, a spokeswoman for Outaouais region public health, says the girl, who had come down with a fever following a recent trip to West Africa, is in stable condition and under observation.

Fever is a common symptom of the often deadly virus which has killed more than 1,500 people in the largest Ebola outbreak on record.

Transmission of Ebola from person to person is made through direct contact with blood and body fluids of a sick person.

Last week, a patient at a Montreal hospital tested negative for the virus, and earlier this month testing confirmed a patient in Brampton did not have Ebola.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has advised against all non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and for travellers to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo to take special precautions.

Meanwhile, three Canadian scientists evacuated from Sierra Leone over Ebola concerns are back in Canada.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said the trio arrived home Friday.

It said a quarantine officer assessed the three when their plane landed in an undisclosed location. They were deemed healthy and were allowed to travel to private residences.

But they’ll remain in voluntary isolation for a period of time and will be monitored regularly.

Canada decided to bring them home after people at their hotel complex in Kailahun, in eastern Sierra Leone, were diagnosed with the often-deadly virus.

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