The infected individual is a French humanitarian doctor who had been working in the Congo. Authorities said he was transported to a specialized medical facility equipped to treat highly contagious diseases.“France has specialized capabilities for managing highly transmissible infectious diseases,” the French Ministry of Health said in a statement. “Patients are treated in a designated healthcare facility, following strict biosafety protocols, including negative-pressure rooms and dedicated equipment. Health authorities are fully mobilized, and the situation is being continuously monitored.”
Officials said the patient remains in isolation and noted they are working to identify anyone who may have come into contact with the doctor. Those deemed at risk will be contacted immediately and required to undergo 21 days of home isolation.European officials said Wednesday that the risk of infection remains “low” for European residents and travelers to affected areas and “very low” for the general European population despite the case.Forty drown in France trying to escape record heat wave scorching EuropeAs of Monday, the outbreak had resulted in 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths, making it the deadliest first month of an Ebola outbreak recorded in Africa, according to Abdirahman Mahamud, director of health emergency alert and response operations at the World Health Organization. Mahamud noted that the current outbreak reached 250 deaths in just 37 days compared to 78 days during the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak and 130 days during the 2018-2019 Congo outbreak.The case marks the first Ebola infection confirmed in Europe during the outbreak, though an American doctor who contracted the virus in the Congo was transferred to a hospital in Germany for treatment last month.
