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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.”

#Italy #Italian #Africa #Europe #Congo #Salamat #SpallanzaniHospital #Ituri #theAfricanUnion’s #AfricaCDC #SouthSudan #Rwanda #Kenya #Tanzania #Ethiopia #Burundi #Angola #Zambia #Uganda

https://www.unita.it/2026/05/27/ebola-italia-chirurga-medici-senza-frontiere-pazienti-contagiati/

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Ebola: Two suspected cases arriving from Uganda have been hospitalized in Milan; in Congo, treatment centers are on fire.

Two Italian aid workers who were considered at risk of Ebola in Milan have been hospitalized at the Sacco Hospital, a specialized facility for infectious diseases. One is a 31-year-old man and the other a 33-year-old woman, both aid workers who arrived in Milan from Malpensa airport via a flight from Addis Ababa and returning from Uganda, where they had spent three months with Combonian missionaries in a region bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the country where the epidemic’s epicenter was identified, deaths continue to rise: official data from the Ministry of Health indicate 204 victims in three different provinces likely caused by the virus. The World Health Organization’s report from last Friday reported 177 deaths in the DRC out of 750 suspected cases, although the 82 officially reported cases and 7 deaths communicated by Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus were officially identified. A treatment tent for Ebola was set on fire in Mongbwalu, after angry and suspicious people set the fire due to the management of the health emergency. This had already happened in Rwampara a few days earlier.

The emergency continues to spread across Africa: the African Union’s health agency (Africa CDC) considers ten other countries at risk as the epidemic is spreading rapidly. These are: South Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Congo, Burundi, Angola, the Central African Republic, and Zambia. More than 50 international operators will arrive in affected areas to work alongside approximately 480 locally hired professionals. “The challenge today – explained Project Manager Valeria Greppi of Doctors Without Borders in Goma – is to treat patients with Ebola, trace their contacts, and at the same time ensure essential services and access to care for other diseases such as malaria, cholera, and HIV.” FIFA is also monitoring the outbreak: the national football team is expected to play in the World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, in three weeks.

The alert in Milan was triggered at dawn in Lurate Caccivio and Bulgarograsso, in Comasco. Their tests will arrive this afternoon. The two aid workers returned to Italy with five other people. Both have shown symptoms consistent with the contagion: high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and neurological symptoms. They were transported to the Sacco Hospital in two ambulances and admitted to isolation rooms, while at the same time, a precautionary isolation was implemented for their families. The 33-year-old’s daughter had been affected in Africa by malaria, and the situation currently known does not rule out the Ebola virus. She may be admitted to intensive care.

If the Ebola contagion emerges, the patient would be transferred to the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, the only Italian center considered capable of treating the disease. Close contacts would also observe an isolation period equal to the estimated incubation period of the disease: 21 days. The localized outbreak 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; between 2018 and 2020, more than 2,000 people died.

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https://www.unita.it/2026/05/25/ebola-casi-sospetti-ricoverati-milano-congo-incendiati-centri-trattamento/

Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Stop degli Usa agli ingressi di cittadini stranieri dalle zone colpite dall'Ebola

Per chi è stato in Uganda, Congo, Sud Sudan in ultime 3 settimane. Critiche dall'agenzia per la salute pubblica dell'Unione Africana

The U.S. has stopped entries of foreign nationals from Ebola-affected areas.

For those who have been to Uganda, Congo, South Sudan in the last 3 weeks. Criticism from the African Union’s public health agency.

#Uganda #Congo #SouthSudan #theAfricanUnion’s

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2026/05/19/stop-degli-usa-agli-ingressi-di-cittadini-stranieri-dalle-zone-colpite_ffab2877-1401-4aa7-a492-e978d0efda18.html

Agenzia Nova: Business news: G20, per l'Unione africana prossimo vertice "non ha senso" senza il Sudafrica

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Business news: G20, summit with the African Union imminent “makes no sense” without South Africa

03 May 07:00 - (Agenzia Nova) - The President of the African Union Commission (AU) Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has challenged the intention of the... (Mom)

#theAfricanUnion #SouthAfrica #AgenziaNova #MahmoudAliYoussouf

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69f6dd6a1ca360.59171645/7336656/2026-05-03/business-news-g20-per-l-unione-africana-prossimo-vertice-non-ha-senso-senza-il-sudafrica