KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rumors that a patient at a Kansas City hospital had Ebola were false, but they forced health officials to respond to stories that spread online.

The Kansas City Star reports a feverish man, apparently from Nigeria, was taken to Research Medical Center’s Brookside Campus on Saturday night, prompting the hospital to take precautions. Police were told hospital was under lockdown because of suspicions about the patient, and officers blocked access to the man’s apartment.

A Kansas City television station reported the apartment lockdown but didn’t mention Ebola. A local blog reported Ebola case had come to Kansas City, and a Wichita, Kansas, station’s website followed suit.

A spokeswoman for Research Medical Center says the man didn’t have Ebola and was released from the hospital on Monday.