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First European recovers from Bundibugyo Ebola after experimental treatment

6/7/2026

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U.S. doctor Peter Stafford was discharged from Charité hospital in Berlin after becoming the first European patient to recover from rare Bundibugyo Ebola with experimental antivirals.
His wife Rebekah and their four children were evacuated to Germany, quarantined, and stayed symptom-free.
Congo reported 452 Ebola cases and 82 deaths while Uganda reported 19 cases and two deaths.
Charité infectious-disease director Leif Erik Sander called the outcome a significant therapeutic success.

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Story summary

U.S. doctor Peter Stafford was discharged from Charité hospital in Berlin after becoming the first European patient to recover from rare Bundibugyo Ebola with experimental antivirals.
His wife Rebekah and their four children were evacuated to Germany, quarantined, and stayed symptom-free.
Congo reported 452 Ebola cases and 82 deaths while Uganda reported 19 cases and two deaths.
Charité infectious-disease director Leif Erik Sander called the outcome a significant therapeutic success.