WHO chief in Ebola-hit DR Congo which sees first recovery

WHO chief in Ebola-hit DR Congo which sees first recovery

The UN health chief was on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where authorities are struggling to contain the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak but the recovery of a patient, the first since the crisis began, was confirmed.

WHO Announces First Ebola Recovery in DR Congo

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday announced the first confirmed recovery from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO technical officer on viral haemorrhagic fevers, Anais Legand, said a patient who tested positive for Ebola recovered and was discharged from the hospital on May 27 after returning two negative test results. She explained that while this was the first officially confirmed recovery, the…