The emergency room at Cabell Huntington Hospital was placed on lockdown Saturday night after a female who visited Nigeria in June came in with flu-like symptoms.

The lockdown lasted for several hours but was lifted when it was determined that the woman did not have Ebola.

Hospital officials released a statement saying: “Our staff has worked hard to prepare for such an incident and implemented all recommended safety procedures, including isolation, while testing was completed.”

Hospital officials said there was never any risk to the public, but the patient did spark alarm that spread quickly.

Hospital officials said the patient was never in any regions in Africa where Ebola was a threat, and they were simply taking precautionary measures.

The patient was also outside the incubation period for Ebola, meaning she would have been showing symptoms much sooner than Saturday night.

Bryan Bozeman can be contacted at [email protected].