Suspected second case of Ebola in Ivory Coast

The UN well being company mentioned Tuesday {that a} second suspected case of an infection by the lethal Ebola virus has been detected in Ivory Coast, expressing worry of contagion.

The World Well being Organisation spokesman Tarik Jasarevic mentioned that as of Monday, there had been one confirmed and one suspected case, with 9 contacts recognized to this point. No deaths have been reported.

He mentioned the WHO was “very involved” in regards to the means of the virus to unfold within the West African nation’s financial hub Abidjan.

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Ebola, which is transmitted by way of shut contact with bodily fluids, causes extreme fever and, within the worst circumstances, unstoppable bleeding.

The confirmed case has been recognized as an 18-year-old from Guinea who travelled overland, arriving in Abidjan on 11 August aboard a bus. When she left Guinea, she was already exhibiting signs that continued to accentuate.

She was admitted to a hospital on 12 August with a fever and is presently receiving therapy.

“Preliminary investigations and genomic sequencing to establish the pressure present that it’s doubtless the Zaire pressure of the virus,” Jasarevic informed AFP. “Additional investigations are required to verify these early outcomes.”

That pressure was behind a four-month-long Ebola outbreak that claimed 12 lives in Guinea earlier this 12 months, which was declared over on 19 June.