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Senegal confirms first Ebola case



Senegal’s health ministry has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected by the outbreak, the BBC reports.
Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters on Friday that a young man from Guinea was confirmed to have contracted the virus.
The man was immediately placed in quarantine, she added.
The current outbreak, which began in Guinea, has killed more than 1,500 people across the region.
At least 3,000 people have been infected with the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned it could get much worse and infect more than 20,000 people.
Senegal had previously closed its border with Guinea in an attempt to halt the spread of Ebola, but its frontiers are porous.
It had also banned flights and ships from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – the three worst-hit countries.
But the Guinean health services reported on Wednesday “the disappearance of a person infected with Ebola who reportedly travelled to Senegal,” according to Senegal’s health minister.
A young Guinean student later turned up at a hospital in the capital, Dakar, said Ms Seck, but he did not reveal that he had contact with Ebola patients in his own country.
Senegal, a major transit hub for aid agencies, has a large Guinean population.
Separately on Friday, residents of Guinea’s second largest city, Nzerekore, rioted after its main market was sprayed with disinfectant in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus.

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