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France confirms first Ebola case from doctor returning from DRC

scienceJun 24, 20261484

France confirmed its first Ebola case in the current outbreak, a doctor who returned from a mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and tested positive on arrival. The patient was isolated immediately and is receiving care while French authorities activated a dedicated monitoring system for aid workers returning from the DRC. The case arrives as the DRC outbreak has reached 1,094 confirmed cases and more than 260 deaths, raising urgency around international screening. French health officials are tracing contacts from the doctor’s recent flights and airport transit to prevent further transmission.

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