France reports first Ebola case
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France reports first Ebola case

The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France. The patient is a doctor who returned from a mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The patient in France is in isolation, and authorities are carrying out contact tracing, the health ministry said in a statement, according to French media.

The risk of infection for the rest of the population is considered to be low.

The current outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Congo-Kinshasa has been caused by the Bundibugyo variant of the virus, for which there is no vaccine and no specific treatment.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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