fighting a major outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe case is the first of the deadly hemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda.<\/p>\n
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against \u201coverreaction\u201d to the case \u2014 the first ever detected in France.\u00a0 In 2014, during an outbreak in west Africa, two patients were transported to France, but they had been diagnosed abroad.<\/p>\n
There is \u201cno need for panic,\u201c\u00a0Tedros said, insisting that \u201cthe risk to the rest of the world is low.\u201d<\/p>\n
He underlined, though, that the case served as \u201ca reminder of the risks faced by frontline responders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost 80 health workers have been infected, highlighting the risks they face and the importance of strengthening infection prevention and control,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
The case confirmed Wednesday involved a doctor who had been working with the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), the nongovernmental organization said.<\/p>\n
The patient \u201cboarded a commercial flight from Kinshasa and was almost asymptomatic \u2014 except for headaches,\u201c\u00a0the French health ministry said.<\/p>\n
The patient\u2019s condition \u201cslightly deteriorated during the flight,\u201c\u00a0after which they were immediately isolated and taken into care upon landing in Paris, even before the disease was officially identified, the ministry added.<\/p>\n
The patient was in a \u201cstable condition\u201d and their viral load was \u201cvery low,\u201c\u00a0the ministry added.<\/p>\n
The doctor traveled on an Air France flight, the airline said, adding that it had provided the passenger list to the authorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cContact with these passengers is being handled by the health authorities,\u201d Air France said.<\/p>\n
Health minister Stephanie Rist later said five other passengers had been identified as possible contacts and put in isolation as a precaution.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu\u2019s office said he was monitoring the situation \u201cvery closely,\u201c\u00a0but the health ministry stressed that the risk of transmission remained low.<\/p>\n
The WHO was advising countries \u201cto support the safe deployment of personnel responding to this outbreak,\u201c\u00a0Tedros said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis includes ensuring that organizations deploying staff provide clear information on risks, how to reduce and manage the risks of exposure, and that countries are prepared to facilitate evacuation if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Congo\u2019s 17th Ebola outbreak was declared on May 15 after several unexplained deaths in the mineral-rich but volatile eastern Ituri province plagued by armed groups.<\/p>\n
According to the latest official figures, more than 1,000 cases have been recorded, including 267 deaths, representing a fatality rate of around 25%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The global risk \u201cremains low\u201d from a deadly Ebola outbreak centered in the Congo, the World Health Organization…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,67435,637,84,248415,16119],"class_list":["post-759429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ebola","tag-france","tag-health","tag-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus","tag-world-health-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}