Ivory Coast: the young woman sick with Ebola is cured, the search for contact cases continues
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The young woman who entered Côte d'Ivoire with the Ebola virus is considered to be cured, announced the Ivorian Ministry of Health on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. © twitter Ministry of Health of Côte d'Ivoire (Santeci)
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In Abidjan, the young woman infected with the Ebola virus is cured.
The Ivorian Ministry of Health announced this Tuesday, August 24.
But the Ivorian authorities are still looking for contact persons and scrutinizing the slightest signs of an appearance of the virus in the country where no other case has been reported so far.
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with our correspondent in Abidjan,
Pierre Pinto
The Ebola patient is out of danger. And Côte d'Ivoire is ticking the boxes of the calendar, hoping that it will soon be able to be sure of being rid of the disease. "
Virologically, it is cured
," explains Serge Eholié, from the Health Watch Committee.
And, as of this day, and after discussion with our technical partners, the WHO in particular, we are counting the 42 days from which we can say that Côte d'Ivoire is free from the disease if we do not have no new cases
. "
Problem: dozens of contact cases are still in the wild and actively sought by the Ivorian authorities. And the maximum incubation period of 21 days is not over, the appearance of new cases is still possible. “
We are on the 12th day of this contact case search, both in Abidjan and in the other cities of the country. But, while looking for contacts, we set up an early warning system: we sensitized the network of the Ministry of Health and the private sector to be able to quickly detect any new case of fever that we call "non-malari". ...
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Our organization is robust and makes it possible to lead the battle against Ebola and the Covid
", assures Pierre Dimba, Minister of Health
In the meantime, 1,420 people have been vaccinated against Ebola so far and operations continue, says the Ministry of Health.
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