British healthcare worker with Ebola being evacuated from DR Congo to UK
A British healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in DR Congo is being evacuated to the UK for specialist treatment.
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A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain for treatment. The patient is stable and will be moved to a specialist unit for high-consequence infectious diseases.
A UK government spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that the British citizen had tested positive for the virus and said established procedures for handling such cases had been activated.
The government said Ebola continued to pose a low risk to the UK public.
Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the full story at The Guardian
