American Humanitarian Worker With Ebola Transferred To Germany For Specialised Treatment.

An American humanitarian worker infected with Ebola has been transferred to Germany for specialised medical treatment, German health authorities have confirmed.

The patient arrived in Frankfurt overnight before being taken to the city's university hospital, where they are receiving expert care.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the aid worker had been serving in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the country's latest Ebola outbreak.

In a post on X, Tedros confirmed that the patient had been safely transferred to Germany for continued treatment after receiving clinical care and close monitoring from the WHO.

The Democratic Republic of Congo declared its 17th Ebola outbreak in mid-May. The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is currently no approved vaccine or specific treatment.

According to the WHO, more than 1,900 confirmed cases and over 700 confirmed deaths have been recorded during the ongoing outbreak.

German health authorities stressed that the patient poses no risk to the general public or other patients at the Frankfurt hospital.

"The risk of someone infected with Ebola entering Germany is very low," the country's health ministry said.

The ministry explained that US authorities requested Germany's assistance because of its extensive experience in treating Ebola patients and the shorter travel distance from the DRC compared with transporting the patient to the United States.

The latest medical evacuation comes just weeks after another American Ebola patient was successfully treated at Berlin's Charité Hospital. That patient, who was quarantined alongside family members, recovered after two weeks of treatment.