Senegal Reports First Case Of Ebola

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
29 August 2014
Tags:
West Africa, Guinea, Senegal, Health and Medicine

Senegal confirmed its first case of Ebola on Friday, as the country's health minister announced that a young Guinean had tested positive for the deadly virus. Senegalese health minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck said Guinean health services had reported on Wednesday "the disappearance of a person infected with Ebola who reportedly travelled to Senegal". She said the infected patient was a young Guinean man who was immediately quarantined at a Dakar hospital, where he was in a "satisfactory condition".

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