I thought it took 48 hours to run the test?
The article says up to 48 hours. I’ve seen from a CDC website it takes 3~4 hours. But you have to get the sample to a testing lab, get the trained tester, etc...
And there are several different test, even for the early stage.
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/diagnosis/
Once the laboratory test is — once the blood is obtained, we usually can get — we usually get a test result back within 24 hours. Once we have it in the laboratory it’s very quick. It just takes a few hours. Between the time of the transport of the specimen to the laboratory. There’s a relatively fast turn around. I would say within a day people have the results.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/t1003-ebola-confirmed-case.html