Cote d’Ivoire declared first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years

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On Aug. 14, 2021, the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the Ebola Virus Disease in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial capital of Abidjan, after arriving from Guinea.

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Source: World Health Organization
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