India, June 29 -- France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the current outbreak after a doctor returning from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tested positive, the French Health Ministry announced last week.
According to the ministry, the healthcare worker had been working in one of the regions in the DRC where the Ebola virus is actively circulating. The patient arrived in Paris on Tuesday last week on a commercial flight from Kinshasa. Officials said the doctor was almost asymptomatic during boarding, reporting only headaches, but their condition slightly worsened during the flight. Upon arrival, the patient was immediately isolated and taken into medical care, even before Ebola was official...