France confirms first Ebola case in doctor who had worked in DRC

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France has confirmed its first Ebola case in a doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The patient is currently stable in isolation with contact tracing underway; the risk to the European public remains very low.

French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission to an area affected by the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The patient was transferred to a specialist facility and is in a stable condition, the ministry said in a statement. “All precautionary measures, including the patient’s isolation, were taken upon his arrival in the country, with transfer to the hospital under secure conditions to prevent any risk of contamination.” Continue reading...