France has confirmed its first Ebola case of the current outbreak, involving a doctor who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is now isolated, according to the French health ministry. The ministry said the risk to the European population is low, and contract tracing is underway.
France has confirmed its first Ebola case in its territory amid the current outbreak, the French health ministry said Wednesday afternoon. The patient is a doctor who recently returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is now isolated, with contract tracing underway. The ministry assessed the risk to the European population as low.
This development follows an earlier unconfirmed report from a single source that had been the basis for the initial alert, and is now corroborated by an official government statement. The Zioneer had previously reported France's first confirmation in the current outbreak based on that report.
Israel has meanwhile been monitoring the situation, with the Health Ministry investigating several suspected cases over the past week, all of which have so far been cleared. No link to the French case has been stated.
The World Health Organization has not yet issued a new statement on the matter, and further details on the patient's identity and condition remain undisclosed.
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