5 Patients Recover From Rare Ebola Strain, WHO Chief Says

The first patient to recover from the Bundibugyo strain was released from the hospital on Friday.
5 Patients Recover From Rare Ebola Strain, WHO Chief Says
Director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visits health workers at the Evangelical Medical Centre in Bunia, Congo on May 31, 2026. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa
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Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola, the World Health Organization confirmed on May 31.

The first person to recover from the current Bundibugyo strain of Ebola was discharged from the hospital on Friday.

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