First patient recovers from Ebola but WHO warns of 'huge' death rate

The first patient to recover in central Africa's Ebola outbreak has been discharged from hospital, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

First patient recovers from Ebola but WHO warns of 'huge' death rate. The first patient to recover in central Africa's Ebola outbreak has been discharged from hospital, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. The announcement came a day after WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak began, with the vow that “we will get through this”. The WHO also revealed on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in DR Congo, with 223 deaths being investigated. The death rate is 30 to 50 per cent among those confirmed to have the virus, said Anais Legand from ​the WHO's high-threat pathogens team. “It's huge. It means that ⁠up to five out of 10 people ​are likely to die,” she said. Early care could help drive down the death rates, she said. The first recovered patient was dischar...