DR CONGO-BUNIA-EBOLA-PATIENTS-RECOVERY

DR CONGO-BUNIA-EBOLA-PATIENTS-RECOVERY

Xinhua
01 Jun 2026, 07:53 GMT+

(260601) -- BUNIA, June 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), May 31, 2026.

Five patients infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus have recovered in Bunia, health authorities said Sunday.

Four of the recovered patients, all medical workers, were discharged on Sunday from an Ebola treatment center in Bunia after testing negative twice for Ebola, while another patient, a laboratory worker, had already returned home, according to the DRC's National Institute of Public Health. (Xinhua)

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