Dakar — The World Health Organization says
it is treating Senegal's first confirmed Ebola
case "as a top priority emergency."
In a statement distributed Sunday, the WHO
said it would address as quickly as possible
Senegal's "urgent need" for support and
supplies including personal protective
equipment for health workers.
Senegal, a tourist and transportation hub,
confirmed its first case of the deadly Ebola
disease on Friday, becoming the fifth country
in West Africa to be affected by an outbreak
that has killed more than 1,500 people.
The patient is a 21-year-old student from
Guinea who showed up at a hospital in Dakar
on Aug. 26.
Authorities in Guinea had lost track of the
student and alerted Senegal on Aug. 27 that
he may have crossed into Senegal.
