( CNN ) -- A man in Canada who was suspected of having Ebola has tested negative for viral hemorrhagic fevers , according to the World Health Organization and Canadian health officials . Viral hemorrhagic fevers is a generic term that refers to a number of diseases found in Africa , including Ebola hemorrhagic fever , Lassa fever , Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and yellow fever , according to Denise Werker , deputy chief medical health officer at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health . Testing on the man continues , WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in a tweet . `` May be malaria . Will know today . '' `` The patient in Saskatchewan does not have Ebola , Lassa , Marburg or Crimean Congo virus , '' said a statement from the Deputy Chief Public Health Office in Saskatchewan . `` The risk to Canadians remains very low . In addition , the ruling out of those four hemorrhagic viruses significantly reduces the risk to people who have been in close contact with the patient while the patient has exhibited symptoms . '' Health officials in Canada said Monday they were looking into the case of a man exhibiting symptoms consistent with viral hemorrhagic fevers . He had recently traveled from Liberia . `` There is no risk to the general public at all about this incident . We recognize that there 's going to be a fair amount of concern , and that 's why we wanted to go public with this as soon as possible and dispel some of those myths that are out there , '' Werker told reporters Monday . `` All we know at this point is that we have a person who 's critically ill who traveled from a country where these diseases occur , '' Werker said . An Ebola outbreak has killed at least 59 people in Guinea , which borders Liberia in West Africa . Werker said the Canadian patient is in an intensive care unit and isolated , meaning no visitors are allowed . `` To be clear , there are no confirmed cases of Ebola or any other hemorrhagic viruses in Canada , '' the Saskatchewan statement said . `` In fact , there has never been a confirmed case of a hemorrhagic virus in this country . '' The hemorrhagic fevers are characterized by high fever and symptoms that may be nondescript . But at the end point of the disease , patients can have bleeding from their mouths or eyes , Werker said . There is no drug treatment for Ebola hemorrhagic fever , but it is not a highly infectious disease . `` You have to be in close proximity to the person 's secretions , '' Werker said . `` The persons who are most at risk are person who are actually health care workers , who do n't wear protective clothing . '' At least 59 dead in Guinea Ebola outbreak . CNN 's Miriam Falco and Jacque Wilson contributed to this report .
Health officials say the man tests negative for diseases including Ebola . The patient recently arrived from Liberia . An ongoing outbreak in neighboring Guinea has killed at least 20 people .