Senegal confirmed the first case of Ebola infection was an international student

A young man infected with Ebola who has traveled to Senegal has made the country become the fifth country to appear Ebola, the disease is spreading in four West African countries and killing more than 1,500 people, Senegal's Health Minister said. .

This patient was a college student from Guinea and was being treated at a hospital in the capital Dakar last Tuesday but at that time there was no positive test for Ebola, Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck said.

And this case was reported by Guinea's authorities as an infection that escaped the residence three weeks ago.

Ebola virus under a microscope

The student was sent to a hospital in the capital Dakar a few days later and was immediately quarantined. Test results show that this young man has been infected with Ebola and the World Health Organization has confirmed this.

It is not clear how this young man came to Senegal and when the border with Guinea was closed last week.

Ebola started attacking West African countries early last year in Guinea. Since then, the disease has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. More than 3,000 people are infected through secretions of the body and the disease does not yet have effective treatment or vaccines.

According to the announcement of the World Health Organization last week, the number of cases in the most recent week has increased a record with more than 500 cases since the outbreak appeared.

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control, warned that more work needs to be done to avoid a worst disaster.

WHO warned that the disease could infect 20,000 people and reveal plans on Tuesday to stop the spread of this dreaded disease in the next 6-9 months.