WHO Announces 1st Ebola Recovery in Congo
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This is "the first person admitted to a care centre to have been sent home after two negative tests" since the outbreak began, said Anaïs Legand, an expert at the World Health Organization.
A first confirmed positive patient for the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared cured, announced the World Health Organization (WHO) on 29 May 2026. On 27 May in the DRC, "a patient healed, left the hospital" and was able to join his community, announced in front of the [...] Read more DRC/Ebola: A first recorded cure appeared first on L-FRII.
WHO announces 1st Ebola recovery in Congo
The World Health Organization has announced a significant development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A confirmed Ebola patient has recovered and been discharged from a care center. This marks the first such recovery among laboratory-confirmed cases. The outbreak has seen numerous deaths and suspected cases. Neighboring Uganda has also reported confirmed cases and one death.
Medical doctors report the first patients to overcome the dangerous virus, but the situation in the country remains difficult.
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