According to France24, the French health ministry announced that a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission in the Congo had tested positive for Ebola, making France's first case linked to the current outbreak.
The health ministry declared that it "confirms today the identification of a first positive case of Ebola virus disease on national territory." When AFP contacted the government, they clarified that the case was found in France's mainland.
The ministry verified that the case was found in France's mainland. Authorities have noted that the risk to the larger European population is still minimal, and the patient has been placed under isolation while contact tracing is ongoing.The World Health Organization reports that the continuing outbreak in the Congo has killed 267 people and infected over 1,000, the largest number of confirmed cases within the first month of any Ebola episode on record.