Update at 5:33 p.m.:
Officials at Presbyterian hospital released a statement saying Monnig has been discharged.
“Physicians at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have discharged Deputy Michael Monnig following the negative test results. The family has asked for privacy at this time.”
Update at 3:30 p.m.:
Officials at Presbyterian hospital released their own statement expressing their relief at the negative test results.
“The professionals at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas are relieved for Deputy Michael Monnig’s family and friends that the blood test has been returned quickly and was negative for Ebola.”
The hospital said Monnig’s doctors would determine when he would be released.
Update at 2:45 p.m.:
Testing on the Dallas County deputy’s specimen came back negative for Ebola, according to the state health department.
