First Ebola Patient Discharged in Congo Outbreak

The World Health Organization’s chief said that the outbreak ‘can be stopped.’

A man hangs an Ebola awareness banner in the Kigonze camp in Bunia, Congo, on May 28, 2026. Glody Murhabazi/AFP via Getty Images

An Ebola patient has been discharged from medical care in Congo, the first such recovery in the current outbreak, officials said on May 29.

The unidentified patient was discharged from a care center after two negative tests, Anais Legand, with the High Threat Pathogens Team of the World Health Organization (WHO), told reporters during a press conference in Geneva.