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British doctor with Ebola flown to London hospital
A British doctor who contracted Ebola while responding to an outbreak in DR Congo has been evacuated to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in London.
In brief
A British doctor who contracted Ebola while responding to an outbreak in DR Congo has been evacuated to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in London. A British doctor contracted Ebola in DR Congo and was evacuated to London's Royal Free hospital for specialist treatment, the first British case in…
British doctor evacuated with Ebola
A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been transported home on a medical evacuation flight for specialist treatment.
Now in isolation at Royal Free
The patient is being cared for in a specialised high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in Hampstead, north London. All staff are equipped with necessary personal protective equipment.
First British case in current outbreak
This is the first case involving a British national contracting Ebola in the current outbreak, which was declared in May by DR Congo's health ministry and has surpassed ten thousand cases and five thousand deaths.
Risk to public remains low
Dr Renu Bindra, deputy director for all-hazards public health response at the UK Health Security Agency, said the risk to the wider public remains low due to well-established infection prevention protocols.
“the risk to the wider public remains low”
The main idea
A British doctor contracted Ebola in DR Congo and was evacuated to London's Royal Free hospital for specialist treatment, the first British case in the current outbreak.
