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ON GUARD. Members of the M23 rebel group guard the laboratory as provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute, where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026.
Germany says it is preparing to treat the individual at the largest university hospital in Berlin
WASHINGTON/BERLIN – A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed more than 130 people, is on the way to Germany for treatment, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, May 19.
The patient has previously been identified by the Serge Christian mission organization as a medical missionary.
