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France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo
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- The patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the risk to the wider European population was low.
- World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was no need for panic.
- Tedros told a press conference that in the past 50 years less than 30 Ebola cases had been detected outside Africa.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize PARIS: A doctor who recently returned to France from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the country’s first confirmed case linked to the current outbreak, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
The patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the risk to the wider European population was low.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was no need for panic.
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