A case of the Ebola virus has been detected in Côte d'Ivoire, the first for nearly 30 years in this neighboring country of Guinea hard hit from 2013 to 2016 and where the virus reappeared in 2021, the Ivorian minister announced on Saturday evening. of Health.
The Ivorian health authorities "
were informed this day (Saturday) by the Pasteur Institute of a case of Ebola virus disease after examination of the samples taken
" Friday "
from an 18-year-old girl of Guinean nationality
", declared on national television RTI the minister, Pierre N'Gou Demba.