First case of Ebola reported in Senegal

Senegalese Health Minister, Awa Marie Coll-Seck has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country.

According to the Minister, a young Guinean in the country had been tested positive to the killer virus.

Earlier on Wednesday, Guinean Health Services had reported “the disappearance of a person infected with Ebola who reportedly traveled to Senegal

Coll-Seck said the infected patient was a young Guinean who was immediately quarantined at a Dakar hospital, where he was in a “satisfactory condition”.

The Minister said, “Plans are being reinforced to prevent the disease from spreading from this major case”.

The patient is a university student in Conakry who had disappeared three weeks ago from the Guinean capital. Authorities are trying to put together where he went to, and all the people he encountered.

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