British Doctor Who Contracted Ebola in Congo Returns to UK for Treatment
Across Africa, this epidemic is now second only to the 2014–2016 West African outbreak, which infected at least 28,600 and killed more than 11,000.
TL;DR
- A British doctor contracted Ebola in Congo and has returned to the UK for treatment.
- The patient is in a high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
- Officials state the risk of public spread remains low.
- British authorities collaborated with the Congolese government for the safe transfer.