France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak

PARIS, France – France on Wednesday announced the first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak. The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda. It is the first time France has detected Ebola. READ: Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200 In 2014, during an outbreak in west Africa, two patients were transported to France, but they had been diagnosed […]... Keep on reading: France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak