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Healthcare workers disinfect a stretcher after transporting a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the DRC on June 23, 2026. [AFP]
France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as Uganda also reported a new infection, underscoring growing concerns over the spread of the deadly virus beyond the outbreak's epicentre.
French health authorities announced on Wednesday that a doctor who had recently returned from a humanitarian mission in Congo tested positive for Ebola, marking the country's first case associated with the current outbreak.
The French Health Ministry said it had identified "a first positive case of Ebola virus disease on national territory" and later clarified that the infection was detected in mainland France.
