Ebola survivor has baby boy

Ebola did not take Victoria Yillia’s life. And it could not prevent the birth of her son.

She delivered her child just a few minutes’ walk from the ward where just last year she had hovered between life and death, and nurses and medical staff still wore full protective suits and masks for fear of any lingering infection.

Her husband Anthony beamed in the maternity ward as they talked about names for the boy nestled in a blanket with a yellow knit cap. But Victoria burst into tears – her mother was not here to help her, to show her what to do with her first child. Nor was her grandmother, or her three older sisters.