Printed On 24 Jun 2026
France has confirmed its first Ebola case within the nation in the course of the present outbreak, as a physician getting back from a humanitarian mission within the Democratic Republic of the Congo examined optimistic, French well being authorities stated.
In a statement on Wednesday, the French Well being Ministry stated the healthcare employee was working in one of many areas the place the virus was circulating.
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“The affected person is being handled at a number one healthcare facility, following strict biosafety protocols,” the ministry stated. “All precautionary measures, together with the affected person’s isolation, have been carried out upon arrival in France, with switch to the hospital beneath safe situations to forestall any danger of contamination,” it stated.
An epidemiological investigation is beneath strategy to determine people who could have been involved with the affected person. They are going to be contacted by well being authorities to self-isolate for 21 days, the assertion added.
Since Could, the northeastern Ituri province of the DRC has been the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, which has killed greater than 260 folks and contaminated greater than a thousand thus far within the central African nation. Instances have additionally been reported in neighbouring Uganda.
On Could 17, the World Well being Group (WHO) declared the outbreak a “public well being emergency of worldwide concern”.
Most earlier Ebola outbreaks in DRC have been attributable to a virus referred to as Ebola Zaire, however this outbreak is attributable to a distinct pressure referred to as Bundibugyo, for which there are at present no accredited vaccines or therapies.
