PARIS: France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The health ministry “confirms today the identification of a first positive case of Ebola virus disease on national territory,” it said. Contacted by AFP, the ministry specified that the case was identified in mainland France.

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is fighting a major…

Le Ministère français de la santé annonce ce mercredi «l’identification d’un premier cas positif de maladie à virus Ebola sur le territoire national». Le patient, un médecin…

A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France. The French Ministry of Health says the patient is a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in Congo.

Plus de 1.000 cas de contamination ont été enregistrés en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), où sévit une épidémie de maladie Ebola déclarée le 15 mai et qui a fait plus de…

PARIS: France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The health…

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A doctor has tested positive for Ebola in France having returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak has claimed hundreds of lives

Congo said the number of confirmed cases of Ebola had risen to 1,094 by Tuesday

Health officials said the doctor had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - which has been the epicentre of the current outbreak - before the positive test.

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Il s’agit du premier cas jamais diagnostiqué sur le territoire français. La situation est suivie « de très près » par le premier ministre, Sébastien Lecornu, selon son entourage…

France on Wednesday confirmed its first Ebola case as a doctor who recently returned from a humanitarian mission in Congo tested positive. This marked the country's first…

The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda.

The patient is being isolated and authorities are contact tracing.

The patient is in isolation, following strict biosafety protocols to prevent risk of spread in France.

France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said.

Patient remains stable as authorities trace potential contacts

France has confirmed its first-ever Ebola case on its territory during the current outbreak, involving a doctor who had recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France

France has confirmed its first case of Ebola — a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the virus. This…