WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo

Five patients have recovered from the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in eastern Congo, offering hope amid an outbreak that has infected 134 people and caused 18 confirmed deaths in Congo and neighbouring Uganda, according to the World Health Organization. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the recoveries during the opening of a new treatment centre in Bunia.