The DRC, one of the poorest countries in the world, declared on May 15 a new Ebola epidemic hitting its immense territory of more than 100 million inhabitants.
Two men from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, presenting symptoms consistent with Ebola disease, were placed in solitary confinement in Brazil, even though the presence of the virus was ruled out for one of them, according to the authorities.
Brazil has strengthened its precautionary measures as the deadly virus spreads in the DRC and Uganda. But the Ministry of Health indicated on Sunday that there was “no confirmation» of the presence of Ebola in the two patients, whose nationality was not specified.
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In Rio de Janeiro, the State Health Secretariat announced on Saturday the placement in solitary confinement of a man, who arrived on May 22 from Uganda to Brazil, “experiencing viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrheaHAS”. The man has since tested positive for malaria and his tests showed “negative results for Ebola“, the Ministry of Health said on Sunday. But the authorities indicated that he “remained placed in solitary confinement” while the investigation was completed.
A man from the DRC with “compatible symptoms”
In São Paulo, a 37-year-old man from the DRC “presented compatible symptoms” with “viral hemorrhagic fevers“, indicated the ministry, without specifying the date of entry of this man on Brazilian soil. The patient was “placé à l’isolement» à l’Institut d’infectiologie Emilio Ribas.
The man was diagnosed positive for a severe form of meningitis, but ““Ebola investigation continues until specific analyzes are completed.”declared Rigiane de Paula, from the coordination of the fight against state diseases, according to a press release published Sunday. The Ministry of Health emphasizes that “the risk of disease transmission in Brazil and South America is considered low».
The DRC, one of the poorest countries in the world, declared on May 15 a new Ebola epidemic hitting its immense territory of more than 100 million inhabitants. The WHO has issued an international health alert. The virus that causes Ebola disease, which causes an extremely deadly hemorrhagic fever, has already been detected in three Congolese provinces as well as in neighboring Uganda, where two new cases were confirmed on Friday, bringing the total to nine the number of confirmed cases recorded in this East African country.
In the DRC, 246 deaths out of more than 1,000 suspected cases were recorded, according to a report Thursday from the Africa CDC, the health agency of the African Union.
