France's First Detected Ebola Patient Recovers, Leaves Hospital
Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said the doctor recovered after two negative PCR tests and five flight contacts were isolated as a precaution.
- On Saturday, Health Minister Stephanie Rist confirmed a doctor who tested positive for Ebola after flying from the Democratic Republic of Congo has recovered and left the hospital.
- This incident marks the first time Ebola has been detected on French territory, distinguishing it from two previous cases in 2014 when patients were diagnosed abroad before transport to France.
- According to government figures released July 3, the Democratic Republic of Congo's outbreak, declared May 15, has caused at least 452 deaths among 1,406 confirmed cases.
- Health Minister Rist said "after two negative PCR tests, the patient is now recovered and has been able to return home safely." Five passengers were isolated as a precaution.
- The virus continues to spread, with a case recently confirmed in Kisangani, a major city located 600 km from the epicentre of the crisis.
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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda in Africa has approached 500.
A doctor who had tested positive for Ebola in France recovered and received hospital discharge, informed on Saturday the French Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist. The case was the first of the virus in the country and the first linked to the current outbreak outside the African continent. The doctor tested positive after landing in France, on June 23, coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the main country that faces the great …
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French Minister of Health Stephanie Rest announced the recovery of the first Ebola patient on French soil and his release from hospital after receiving the necessary medical attention...
In 2014, during a major West African outbreak, two patients were treated in France but were diagnosed with the disease abroad.
The first case of Ebola identified on French soil has been cured and the patient has been released from the hospital, the French Minister of Health Stephanie Rist (Stephanie) said today, local media reported.
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