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Incredible celebrations as last patient leaves a DRC Ebola centre

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Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment center run by Doctors Without Borders in the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated after the last patient recovered and left the facility. Video footage shows staff singing and dancing to mark the occasion, which also marks the end of the latest outbreak that originated there.
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Healthcare workers and local residents celebrated outside an Ebola treatment centre in Mongbwalu, Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on October 28, dancing and singing after the last patient was discharged, marking the first time since May that no confirmed Ebola patients were under treatment at the facility. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which runs the centre, noted that while this is an important milestone for their team in Mongbwalu, the broader outbreak continues with over 10,000 confirmed cases and more than 5,000 deaths reported across DRC. Despite these celebrations, MSF teams are still working diligently to contain the virus in other parts of the country where dozens of new cases continue to be detected daily.

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DR Congo DRC Doctors Without Borders Mongbwalu

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DR Congo GPE · 1× DRC GPE · 1× Doctors Without Borders ORG · 1× Mongbwalu GPE · 1×

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Footage shows healthcare workers singing and dancing at an Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo after the last patient made a full recovery and left.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-29
2026-10-29 · Al Jazeera
Incredible celebrations as last patient leaves a DRC Ebola centre · assertive framing

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Incredible celebrations as last patient leaves a DRC Ebola centre asserted
patient → leave → centre
Footage shows healthcare workers singing and dancing at an Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo after the last patient made a full recovery and left. asserted
patient → show → recovery
The Doctors Without Borders-run centre in Mongbwalu was where the latest outbreak began. asserted
outbreak → run → Mongbwalu
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