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The media has reported that a third confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been identified in Liberia. The new case is the 3-year-old child of the first case; the 30-year-old woman who died from EVD on 31 March 2016. The woman's 5-year-old son also developed EVD last week and is said to be responding to treatment.
The Ministry of Health reports that 101 contacts of the cases have been quaratined and that 11 healthcare professionals who worked at the health facility where the first case was cared for have been isolated as a precaution.
(Via Star Africa (in French) - accessed 11/04/16)
The risk of travellers becoming infected or developing Ebola haemorrhagic fever is extremely low, unless there has been direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of dead or living infected persons or animals. Healthcare workers are at particular risk, although practising appropriate infection control should effectively prevent transmission of disease in this setting.
Travellers returning from tropical countries should always seek rapid medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, diarrhoea or general malaise) within three weeks after return, and be reminded to mention to their health care provider that they have recently travelled.
