A patient sent to the hospital from an apartment building in Arlington near Washington D.C. on fears of an Ebola infection doesn’t have the disease, officials confirmed.

Arlington fire officials transported the patient to the hospital from an apartment building in the neighborhood of Clarendon, which is on the northern end of Arlington, the same city that is host to the Pentagon, according to a Washington Post report.

The patient had traveled to an Ebola-affected country — although it was not specified whether it was Liberia, Guinea, or Sierra Leone, the three countries hardest hit — and was experiencing symptoms similar to that of someone who had Ebola, which can include fatigue and a high fever. As a result, medics wore protective clothing and carefully removed the person from the apartment on Irving Street Thursday morning and sent the individual to Virginia Hospital Center, which made preparations for a possible Ebola patient.

While authorities didn’t believe Ebola was likely, fire and health crews acted in an abundance of caution, according to city authorities.

Later that evening, the patient was released after tests indicated he or she did not have Ebola, despite having a fever. Also, the patient had not had contact with Ebola patients.

However, officials will monitor the patient for the 21 days that covers the incubation period of the disease, as is done with others who have traveled to affected nations in West Africa.

The Ebola outbreak that began last year is the most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded. It has killed more than 70 percent of those who have been infected in some areas, and the majority of even those who have received treatment in hospitals. Since it began last year, there have been more than 20,000 cases and more than 9,000 deaths.