France confirms first Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo humanitarian mission

PARIS: A ​doctor returning from ‌a humanitarian ​mission in Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the country's first case ⁠of the virus during the current outbreak, the health ministry ‌said on Wednesday.The patient is being ‌isolated and authorities are ‌contact tracing, the ‌ministry said ‌in a statement, adding that ​the ‌risk for ​the general European ⁠population was low.Congo's Ebola outbreak, ​which ⁠has infected ⁠more than 1,000 people and killed ⁠267, has had the largest number of confirmed cases within the first month ‌of any episode of the ​disease, the World Health Organisation has said.