A woman stands outside a hospital in Bunia, Congo, on May 17, 2026. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Photo
The only American known to contract Ebola in a new outbreak in central Africa is a doctor who was caring for patients in Congo, the Christian organization with which he works says.
After an Ebola outbreak recently started in Congo’s Ituri Provice, Dr. Peter Stafford “began to develop symptoms and received a positive test result for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus variant,” Serge, the Christian group, said in a statement on May 18.
