The patient was treated immediately upon arrival at the french territory and transferred to a hospital center specialized in highly transmissible infectious diseasesaccording to the health authorities, who stated in a statement that the doctor is in steady state and your viral load is weak.
He Ministry of Health He stressed that health security protocols were immediately activated, including the patient isolation and its transfer under controlled conditions, with the aim of avoid any risk of contagion.
It has also been put into isolation of five people who traveled with the doctor on the same flight Air France from Kinshasaas explained by the Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, to the evening news of France 2.
These contacts must meet a 21-day home isolationwith medical monitoring throughout the period, his Ministry had previously indicated.
“The situation is under control“said the Government spokesperson, Maud Bregeon, at a press conference after the Council of Ministers when questioned about the contagion.
France has specialized infrastructure for the management of highly contagious diseases, with hospital units equipped with negative pressure and strict biosafety measuresstressed the Ministry of Health.
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), the NGO for which the sick doctorsaid in a statement published on their website that they are “working to understand how contamination occurred” and that “maintains its commitment to fight against the epidemic” in the African country.
The announcement comes after the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 17, in response to the virus circulation in the east of the DRC.
In this context, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) maintains its risk assessment as low for travelers traveling to areas of active transmission and very low for the general population in Europe.
The authorities have also strengthened the system of health monitoring for French aid workers returning from risk areas, the Ministry concluded in its note.