Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening the detection of a suspected case of Ebola virus disease at the Bogodogo University Hospital Center (CHU-B) in Ouagadougou.
According to the ministry’s statement, the 22-year-old patient arrived in the country two days earlier from Côte d’Ivoire. Before being admitted to the hospital’s emergency department in the capital, the patient had received treatment in two health facilities in the Ziniaré health district, located in the Central Plateau region.
Health officials immediately isolated the patient in accordance with recommended safety protocols. Diagnostic tests and medical care are currently underway, the ministry said, urging the public to observe preventive health measures.
Given the regional health context, Burkina Faso has recently reinforced its epidemiological surveillance system to better respond to emerging public health threats.
On August 14, neighboring Côte d’Ivoire confirmed an imported case of Ebola in Abidjan — its first since 1994. No deaths have been reported. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines, enabling Ivorian health authorities to vaccinate 828 people identified as contacts of the confirmed case.
