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Oct 1, 2026

Doctors Without Borders worker contracts Ebola in Congo, evacuated to Netherlands

A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being evacuated to the Netherlands for treatment during the country's largest-ever outbreak.

Oct 1, 2026·4 sources

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▪The infected Médecins Sans Frontières doctor is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Netherlands under a strict medical protocol in coordination with Congolese and Dutch health authorities
▪Médecins Sans Frontières is actively supporting the Ebola response across Ituri, North Kivu, Tshopo, and Haut-Uélé provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo
▪The Dutch health ministry confirmed in a letter to parliament that the evacuated Médecins Sans Frontières doctor will be treated under strict isolation at the University Medical Center in Leiden, Netherlands

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