Senegal Confirms First Case Of Ebola

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Ebola hits Senegal with its first patient. Measures to control it are chaotic and largely ineffective. Riots and resistance are common.
A glimmer of hope: "two African healthcare workers treated with the experimental ZMapp Ebola drug would be released from hospital on Saturday, after making a full recovery.

Scientists on Friday also reported that ZMapp, the drug that last week cured two American aid workers who contracted the disease in Liberia, had cured all 18 lab monkeys infected with the virus in laboratory tests."

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