Amman, July 4 (Petra) – France's first Ebola patient has recovered and been discharged from hospital, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist announced Saturday.

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Rist stated that the patient, a doctor working in the humanitarian sector, returned to France on June 23 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Ebola remains widespread.

"The patient was discharged today from the healthcare facility where he was being treated," the minister said, adding that he experienced only mild symptoms, received close medical care and monitoring and was able to return home safely.

A new Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 15. Government data released on July 2 showed that the outbreak had resulted in at least 438 deaths among 1,406 reported cases.

//Petra// AK