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BBC Europe • June 24, 2026 15:00

France confirms first Ebola case

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The French doctor had been working in DR Congo, where more than 260 people are known to have died.

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Mon 12:00 - UN News All

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Mon 16:33 - The Hill

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Tue 12:00 - UN News All

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Tue 18:48 - DW All

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

Tue 18:48 - DW Top

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

Tue 18:48 - DW World

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

Wed 05:14 - Sky News (UK)

France reports first Ebola case after doctor returning from DR Congo tests positive

Wed 09:27 - France 24

France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from DR Congo mission

Wed 10:19 - Al Jazeera English

France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from DR Congo

Wed 11:39 - The Telegraph

Doctor in France tests positive for Ebola

Wed 13:22 - DW All

France reports first Congo outbreak linked Ebola case

Wed 13:22 - DW Top

France reports first Congo outbreak linked Ebola case

Wed 13:34 - NYT Europe

France Identifies First Case of Ebola

Wed 15:00 - BBC Europe

France confirms first Ebola case

Wed 16:18 - France 24

France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo

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Al Jazeera English

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10:19

France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from DR Congo

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

DW All

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13:22

France reports first Congo outbreak linked Ebola case

France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infection comes weeks after European health authorities said there were no active …

18:48

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, Kenya's health minister says he …

DW Top

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13:22

France reports first Congo outbreak linked Ebola case

France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infection comes weeks after European health authorities said there were no active …

18:48

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, Kenya's health minister says he …

DW World

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18:48

Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload

The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, Kenya's health minister says he …

France 24

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16:18

France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo

A doctor who recently returned to France from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the country's first confirmed ‌case linked to …

09:27

France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from DR Congo mission

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.

NYT Europe

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13:34

France Identifies First Case of Ebola

The patient is a doctor who had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said. Workers are racing to trace those who may have had contact.

Sky News (UK)

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05:14

France reports first Ebola case after doctor returning from DR Congo tests positive

France has reported its first case of Ebola during the latest outbreak after a doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) tested positive.

The Hill

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16:33

Confirmed Ebola cases in outbreak zone top 1,000

Congo’s Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed that there are more than 1,000 cases of Ebola in the country. The ministry reported that there have been 1,003 cumulative confirmed cases …

The Telegraph

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11:39

Doctor in France tests positive for Ebola

Medic returned from humanitarian mission to the Congo, where outbreak has lead to 1,000 known cases

UN News All

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12:00

Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians

Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear into people’s daily lives, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. 

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Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable

As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while efforts …