First case of Ebola diagnosed in US: health officials

Dunya News

United States has diagnosed its first case of the deadly Ebola virus.

Washington (AFP) - The United States has diagnosed its first case of the deadly Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

The patient is a man who became infected in Liberia and traveled to Texas, where he was hospitalized with symptoms that were confirmed to be caused by Ebola, a CDC spokesman told AFP.