DHAKA: The West African country of Senegal has confirmed its first Ebola case one week after closing its border with Guinea over fears that the deadly outbreak could spread.

Senegal is the fifth country in the region where the virus has spread, CNN reports.

Senegal’s health minister, Awa Marie Coll Seck, confirmed that a 21-year-old university student from Guinea was infected with the Ebola virus and placed in quarantine in the Fann Hospital in Dakar.

Officials in Guinea alerted Senegal on Wednesday after losing track of the young man.

The man, who doesn’t have any signs of bleeding, went to the hospital for a checkup, the agency said. His condition is stable

On August 21, Senegal closed its border with Guinea over fears of the Ebola outbreak, the deadliest ever.

The closure includes any aircraft and ships traveling to Senegal from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia.

BDST: 1158 HRS, AUG 30, 2014