A doctor returning to France from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a major Ebola outbreak is ongoing, has tested positive for the virus despite showing only mild headaches.

A doctor returning to France from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a major Ebola outbreak is ongoing, has tested positive for the virus despite showing only mild headaches.

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory: a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak.

The patient - a doctor - flew back from the Democratic Republic of Congo aboard an Air France flight. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The patient flew back from the Democratic Republic of Congo aboard an Air France flight. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.