'€œIndonesia has confirmed that the five patients tested negative for the Ebola virus,'€ said the ministry in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

The five patients were identified only as MA, 32, from Ghana; NN, 57, from North Sumatra, AN, 31, from Central Java; MS, 29, from East Java; and G, 46, from East Java. All of the patients are male.

Based on World Health Organization (WHO) data, as of Nov.11, the number of cases in the current Ebola outbreak has reached 14,072, of which 5,151 have died or 36.60 percent of the total confirmed cases.

WHO confirmed Ebola cases had been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), four affected countries in West Africa, Spain and the United States.

In Guinea, the number of Ebola cases has reached 1,919, of which 1,166, or 60.80 percent, have died. Liberia has recorded 6,878 cases with 2,812 deaths, or 41.57 percent, while in Sierra Leone there have been 5,586 confirmed Ebola cases, of which 1,169, or 21.77 percent, have died. Mali has had four Ebola cases, of which three have died.

In the US, one or, 25 percent, of four Ebola patients, have died while in Spain, one patient is reported to have been suffering from Ebola infection. In the DRC, the number of Ebola cases has reached 66, with 49, or 74.24 percent of the total patients, having died. (ebf)(+++)

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