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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Justin Kabumba and Mark Banchereau

WHO chief hails 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo

Congo Ebola - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak.

“Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during the opening of a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia, the provinical capital of Ituri.

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