Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating after five patients, who had Ebola and have now recovered, were discharged from hospital.
The current outbreak is suspected to have killed almost 250 people. But officials stress that those infected can recover and urge people to seek medical help if they believe they have contracted the virus.
Makati Tagirabo (L) and Baraka Bulambula (R) were among the nurses who recovered.
On Sunday, a ceremony was held for four nurses discharged from a hospital in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, the epicenter of the outbreak.
"You are living stories that this outbreak can be stopped," World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told them during a visit.
The first survivor, a laboratory worker, had left hospital the previous week.
"We were really demoralized because we knew that at some point... we were going to die," Nurse Etienne Ezo told Reuters. "I'm telling you, if you have never been isolated, you will not know that it's not easy."
There are now more than 1,000 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo, and at least 246 deaths. Neighboring Uganda has reported nine confirmed cases and one death.
The current outbreak - the 17th in DR Congo's history - is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which has no approved vaccines, though some are being developed.