France, June 25 -- For the first time, a case of Ebola has been identified on French territory, in a humanitarian doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a major epidemic has broken out.

The French case is the first identified outside the African continent for this epidemic, which is also affecting Uganda and involves a rare strain of the virus, known as Bundibugyo, against which there is neither a vaccine nor a specific treatment.

The disease, which manifests as a hemorrhagic fever is very often fatal.

The French Ministry of Health said in a statement that the patient has been isolated and is in stable condition.

"All precautionary measures, including the patient's isolation, were taken upon his arrival in...