A generationIn Ivory Coast, West Africa, the first life-threatening case of Ebola has been recorded in more than a quarter of a century. According to reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) Sunday night. According to the African Union Health Organization (Africa CDC), the infected person is an 18-year-old young man who traveled overland from Labe in Guinea to the economic metropolis of Abidjan, where he was treated after having a fever on August 12 . . She is now quarantined. According to the World Health Organization, this is the first case of Ebola in Côte d’Ivoire since 1994.
The WHO Regional Director Marcidiso Moeti said: “It is extremely worrying that this outbreak was explained in Abidjan, a metropolis with a population of more than 4 million.” She announced the establishment of a one. WHO expert team to help the Ivorian authorities in contact tracing and treatment.Africa too CDC Promised support. According to their information, the government discussed further steps at the crisis meeting. Ebola infection usually causes high fever and internal bleeding.
It is related to the earlier outbreak in neighboring Guinea (which only announced that it was Ebola-free on June 19) and is considered unlikely.Since February 14th, 12 people have been there Ebola virus died.
Nearly a week ago, Guinea also announced the first death of Marburg fever in West Africa. Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola virus and causes high fever and muscle pain, accompanied by heavy bleeding in the eyes and ears.
The Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone in West Africa from 2014 to 2016 caused 28,000 infections and more than 11,000 deaths. In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an outbreak was declared in June 2020 nearly two years later, killing approximately 2,300 people. Ivory Coast, with approximately 25 million inhabitants, was a French colony until 1960.
