Austria Quarantines Suspected Ebola Case Amid African Outbreak
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An Austrian hospital has quarantined a person who recently returned from Uganda with symptoms consistent with Bundibugyo Ebola. The patient is being transported from Upper Austria to Vienna as contact tracing gets underway. Bundibugyo Ebola has up to a 50% fatality rate and there is no vaccine. Africa remains affected by the outbreak, with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control noting 121 confirmed cases (17 deaths) and 1,077 suspected cases (238 deaths) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of May 26.
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