Ituri Ebola centre discharges last confirmed patients in DR Congo

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Ituri Ebola centre treats no confirmed cases for first time since May

On Thursday, a treatment centre in Ituri, DR Congo, discharged its last confirmed Ebola patients and is no longer treating any confirmed cases, the first time since May. This follows reports on Tuesday that DR Congo's cases have surpassed 10,000 in its fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, with nearly half of those confirmed to have the virus having died. In Nigeria, the first Ebola patient has been evacuated while investigators seek answers about how she was infected.

• The Ituri centre's staff and residents celebrated the discharge of the last confirmed patients.
• DR Congo cases have passed 10,000, and nearly half of confirmed cases have died.
• Nigeria's first Ebola patient, diagnosed in Abuja with no known travel to DR Congo, was flown to Switzerland and investigators are trying to determine how she was infected.
• A health worker was killed in Congo, the epicentre of the outbreak, according to the reports, which say four countries are dealing with the outbreak.