Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 24 minutes ago
Swiss hospital discharges Ebola patient after successful treatment

A Swiss woman who contracted the strain of Ebola linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been discharged from hospital in Geneva, health officials said on Thursday.

READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/11/13/swiss-hospital-discharges-ebola-patient-after-successful-treatment

Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.

Africanews is available in English and French.
Website : www.africanews.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
Transcript
00:00A Swiss woman who contracted the Ebola strain linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has
00:08been discharged from a hospital in Geneva.
00:10Health officials said she has recovered.
00:13The patient, who is married to a Swiss embassy employee in Abuja, was evacuated from Nigeria with a husband on
00:20October 26.
00:21Her husband showed no symptoms and his quarantine was lifted on November 4.
00:26Nigeria announced a case on October 20, identifying it as the Bundibujio strain linked to the latest outbreak in the
00:34DRC.
00:34There is no specific treatment or vaccine for the strain.
00:38It was detected in the DRC in May and has since infected more than 11,000 people, killing more than
00:445,400.
00:45Cases have also been reported in Uganda and Kenya.

Recommended