Ahmedabad reports suspected Ebola case after man's return from Africa

A suspected Ebola case has been reported in Ahmedabad after a 37-year-old man, who recently returned from an Ebola-affected African country, was hospitalised with symptoms.

He had arrived in Mumbai from an Ebola-affected African country about 10 days ago, and is currently showing symptoms of fever and cold.

The man, named Amuri Lokula, stayed in Mumbai for five days after his arrival in India from Congo, and in Silvassa and Daman over the next four days. On May 22, he reached Vadodara.

On May 26, he was admitted to a hospital in the city after complaining of a fever and cold. After doctors got to know about Lokula's travel history, he was referred to a government hospital in Ahmedabad, where he has been kept in an isolation ward.

The man has been complaining of a fever for six days now. He has been kept under observation and tests are being conducted, with reports still awaited.

Contact tracing has also begun for doctors who came in contact with him. The Gujarat health department is in contact with the local authorities in Vadodara.

WOMAN TESTS NEGATIVE IN BENGALURU

Earlier this week, a 28-year-old woman from Uganda was isolated in Bengaluru after she was suspected of suffering from Ebola. She, however, later tested negative, according to Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.

The woman, who had arrived from an Ebola-affected region, was moved from a hotel to the state-run Epidemic Diseases Hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday, May 26, after she developed mild symptoms such as body aches, officials said.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 17.

According to the United Nations body, Ebola is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates.