Germany Opens Door to Treat US Citizens from Congo Infected with Ebola Virus

Illustration of an infusion hose for treating patients in a hospital. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - A US citizen (WN) who was infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo was treated at the Frankfurt University Hospital, Germany on Monday morning, July 13 local time.

Reuters reported that the US citizen arrived at a special isolation unit of a hospital in Spain around 3 am local time after contracting the Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus in Congo.

Previously, the US CDC on Friday, July 10, said that one US citizen working in a humanitarian organization in Congo was confirmed to be infected with the Bundibugyo Ebola virus.

"The patient's condition is currently stable," said Timo Wolf, head of the hospital's special isolation unit in Spain at the time.

The hospital added that the individual was treated in total isolation in a unit that was structurally and organizationally separate from other parts of the facility.

The Spanish Public Health Institute said its country was receiving Ebola patients from other countries as the number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo rose to 1,926 people, including 702 deaths, with the outbreak spreading to two new provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo.

In June, another US citizen who was treated in Berlin after contracting Ebola in Congo was discharged from the Charité hospital.