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Family of US man infected with Ebola to join him in German hospital

By Thomson Reuters May 20, 2026 | 10:09 AM

(Corrects number of children to four, not three, ​in paragraph ‌2 after updated information from health ministry)

BERLIN, May 20 (Reuters) – Family ‌members ​of a ⁠U.S. citizen ⁠infected with Ebola who is being treated at a Berlin ​hospital are being taken ⁠to the ⁠special isolation ward ​at the same ​hospital after a request ‌from U.S. authorities, Germany’s health ministry said on ⁠Wednesday.

The statement did not say whether the man’s ⁠wife ‌and four ⁠children, who had ​also ‌been in ​the Democratic ⁠Republic of Congo, were showing symptoms.

(Writing by Madeline Chambers, editing by Kirsti ​Knolle)