American Ebola Patient in Germany Not Critically Ill, Hospital Says

Dr. Peter Stafford has said he was worried he would not survive.

A convoy with an ambulance believed to be carrying an American health worker arrives at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, on May 20, 2026. Axel Schmidt/Reuters

An American doctor who contracted Ebola in Africa is not critically ill, the hospital in Germany that is caring for him said on May 22.

“Because the course of the illness can change, he remains under close observation and is receiving treatment,” Charite University Hospital in Berlin said in a statement. “He is being cared for in the high-security area of the specialized isolation unit.”