The first confirmed case of Ebola announced after 27 years

A case of Ebola virus has been diagnosed in Cλεte d’Ivoire , the Minister of Health announced . This is the first case in almost thirty years in the country next to Guinea, a country that suffered a severe blow during the epidemic that raged from 2013 to 2016 in West Africa and where the virus reappeared in 2021.

C αρχέςte d’Ivoire health authorities were ” informed today (Saturday) of the Pasteur Institute of a case of Ebola virus disease after examining samples taken ” on Friday ” by an 18-year-old Guinean national ” , the minister, Pierre Deba, stated on the public television network RTI. He clarified that the young woman is being treated in isolation.

The World Health Organization has confirmed the location of the Ebola case, stressing that it is the first to be found in C Εte d’Ivoire since 1994.

According to a WHO announcement, the young woman who is being treated traveled by road from Guinea to Cλεte d’Ivoire on August 12.

” The patient has been hospitalized with a fever and is currently receiving treatment, ” said the agency, part of the UN system.

On June 19, the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, which lasted four months, was announced.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the first case of the Marburg virus had been detected in West Africa, also in Guinea . This virus, highly contagious, causes hemorrhagic fever like Ebola.

These two extremely deadly viruses are transmitted through contact with the body fluids or tissues of infected people. The symptoms of the two diseases are similar: the patient has headaches, fever, vomits blood, has muscle aches and bleeding.

The WHO said the outbreak in C Εte d’Ivoire had no indication that it was linked to an outbreak in Guinea. He stressed that tracking down the young woman’s contacts and researching the genome is expected to clear things up.

” It is a matter of great concern that this outbreak has been declared in Abidjan, a metropolis of more than four million people, ” said Matsidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, in a press release issued by her services.

” However, much of the global knowledge about Ebola has been acquired here on the continent, ” and C αρχέςte d’Ivoire authorities ” can draw on it “, react “at full speed ” and prevent the virus from spreading, he added. .