June 25, 2026 12:56 AM
France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo
A doctor who recently returned to France from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the country’s first confirmed case linked to the current outbreak, the French health ministry said on Wednesday. The patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the risk to the wider European population was low. The five people sitting close to him on the plane to Fra...