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A man recently returned from Congo has been isolated in Sardinia, Italy, on suspicion of Ebola

The man returned from the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on a flight that landed in Rome yesterday, Saturday, and then took another flight to Sardinia, where he reported that he had been in a fever for several days.

The Italian Ministry of Health has reported that a man living in Cagliari, on the island of Sardinia, has been isolated in a hospital for suspected Ebola virus.

The man returned yesterday from Kinsasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on a flight that landed in Rome and then took another flight to Sardinia, where he reported having had a fever and a mild cough in the last two days.

There is a serious outbreak of Ebola in the Congo at the moment, and the local health authority has initiated an epidemiological investigation. It appears that the man, who visited his relatives in early May in Kinsasa, did not leave the city, and the outbreak is taking place far away in Ituri province.

Two people who had just returned from Uganda have also been tested for the Ebola virus at Sacco Hospital in Milan and both have turned negative.

The Ministry of Health has indicated in the note that it will continue to provide official updates according to the evolution of the epidemiological situation and has reiterated that Italy's level of risk is very low.

The person responsible for the outbreak of Ebola is the Bundibugyo strain , whose mortality rate is between 30% and 50%, and there are no vaccines or specific treatments authorised, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 

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