Ivory Coast records first case of Ebola in 25 years

Health minister says a young woman who travelled to Abidjan from neighbouring Guinea has tested positive for Ebola.

Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. On Saturday, Pierre N’Gou Dimba said on national television that officials confirmed the case after testing samples from an 18-year-old female who travelled from neighbouring Guinea. “This is an isolated and imported case,” he said, adding that the patient was currently being treated in intensive care in Abidjan, the commercial capital.