World Health Organization hails recovery of five Ebola patients
Key takeaways
- More than 220 people are suspected to have died from the disease’s latest outbreak, which was declared two weeks ago.
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- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Sunday that four people would soon be discharged from hospital after another patient was allowed to return home on Friday.
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More than 220 people are suspected to have died from the disease’s latest outbreak, which was declared two weeks ago.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A health worker shows his colleagues a list of patients at Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [File: AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and APPublished On 31 May 202631 May 2026The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed the recovery of five people infected with a rare strain of Ebola for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment, amid the latest outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Sunday that four people would soon be discharged from hospital after another patient was allowed to return home on Friday.