Africa CDC commends France’s commitment to no Ebola travel restrictions
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The Director-General of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, has confirmed a constructive dialogue with France’s Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, following the confirmation of an imported case of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus in French territory.
Kaseya expressed strong appreciation for France’s explicit pledge that no travel restrictions would be imposed in response to this case. The infected individual, a Congolese humanitarian doctor who had been actively involved in the Ebola response in Ituri under the umbrella of ALIMA, tested positive shortly after arriving in France, where he normally resides. This marks the first confirmed case on French soil.
According to official communications from the French Embassy in Kinshasa, released on 25 June, the patient had participated in Ebola response efforts in Ituri before traveling to France. Kaseya emphasized that Africa CDC, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, as well as French and Congolese authorities, remains fully committed to containing the outbreak, protecting communities, and advancing a coordinated continental and global response.
