British healthcare worker with Ebola evacuated to UK
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 13:03 · Archive
A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the Royal Free Hospital in London.
A British man believed to be a healthcare worker is being evacuated from Congo to the UK after testing positive for Ebola. He will be taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London, which has a high-level isolation unit previously used during the West Africa outbreak between 2014 and 2015. He is the first British patient evacuated from the current outbreak, and the third confirmed case to return to Europe.
Two other cases have returned to Europe from the same outbreak. France confirmed a case in June in a doctor, who has since recovered, who returned from a humanitarian mission in Congo. A Swiss woman believed to have contracted the virus in Uganda was medically evacuated to Geneva last month, and her husband, a diplomat, was held in isolation in Zurich.
The Ebola outbreak in Congo's remote provinces has infected 10,600 people, with more than 5,100 deaths. It has spread to 67 health zones across eight provinces since being declared in May. Dr. Damien Tully of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said the infection of a healthcare worker was concerning but not unexpected, noting they work on the front line treating severely ill patients under challenging conditions where accidental exposures can occur despite protective measures.
How it is being reported
- British man being treated for Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the UKA British man being treated for Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the U.K., the government said Thursday.News4Jax · 5 Nov, 12:27
- British man being treated for Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the UKA British man being treated for Ebola in Congo is being evacuated to the U.K., the government said Thursday.Clickorlando · 5 Nov, 12:27
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