Officials: Woman at Pentagon doesn’t have Ebola

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who became ill in the Pentagon parking lot does not have Ebola, Virginia public health authorities said Friday, ending a daylong scare that forced the temporary quarantine of military members going to a Marine Corps ceremony in Washington.

Officials at Arlington and Fairfax counties’ public health departments said they are confident the woman does not have Ebola, based on her travel history and questioning by medical officials. They said she was put in isolation at Inova Fairfax Hospital, and that medical personnel took all needed precautions.

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