Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria over Ebola discharged from Geneva hospital
Swiss woman evacuated from Nigeria over Ebola discharged from Geneva hospital
A Swiss woman who contracted the strain of Ebola linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been discharged from hospital in Geneva, health officials said on Thursday.
The patient, the wife of a Swiss embassy employee in Abuja, was evacuated from Abuja with her husband on October 26.
Benoit Carpentier, spokesperson for the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), said the patient received appropriate “supportive” care, including hydration and management of potential complications linked to the disease.
“The patient has recovered. She was discharged from hospital yesterday (Wednesday),” he told AFP, confirming a report in the Tribune de Geneve.
The woman’s husband showed no symptoms and had his quarantine lifted on November 4.
Nigeria announced the case on October 20 and said it was the same Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for latest outbreak in the DRC.
No specific treatment or vaccine exists for the strain, which was officially detected in the central African country in May and has since infected more than 11,000 people, of whom more than 5,400 have died.
