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Ebola returns to Italy as a surgeon with Doctors Without Borders: “She came into contact with infected patients.”
It is a surgical doctor, a field operative for Doctors Without Borders, the Italian woman who came into contact with patients who tested positive for the Ebola virus on May 16th, who had been linked to a cluster in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread throughout the region in Africa. Ten countries are at risk. However, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has clarified that the risk of infection for the general population in Europe “remains very low.” Currently, there are no positive cases in Italy.
The Ministry has informed that activities are underway to safely return from the Congo the surgeon who worked at the health center in Salamat (Bunia-Ituri). The authorization for her return has been signed. The woman came into contact with patients who tested positive and operated on a child, injured in the explosion of a grenade, which is a suspected case. The result of this child’s test is not yet available. Currently, the operative does not present symptoms, will be transported immediately after landing today in Rome to the specialized Spallanzani Hospital for quarantine and active surveillance.
The isolation period estimated by the authorities is equal to the incubation period of the disease: 21 days. The outbreak located in the Ituri province was caused by the Budibugyo virus, which currently has no specific vaccines or therapies. The last Ebola outbreak in the DRC was identified in 2025, more than two thousand people died between 2018 and 2020. A few days ago, the African Union’s health agency (Africa CDC) declared ten other countries at risk as the epidemic is spreading rapidly. South Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Congo, Burundi, Angola, the Central African Republic and Zambia.
“The current epidemic is a cause for serious concern and, to many aspects, is not comparable to previous Ebola epidemics,” the ECDC has clarified, which has announced that field controls have been intensified. Authorities are working closely with partners to strengthen their presence through the EU’s health task force in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and to “collect more detailed information on outbound screening.”
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https://www.unita.it/2026/05/27/ebola-italia-chirurga-medici-senza-frontiere-pazienti-contagiati/
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