American Ebola patient evacuated from DRC to Germany is in stable condition, CDC says - Reuters
American Ebola patient evacuated from DRC to Germany is in stable condition, CDC says Reuters
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"Given that this American was in a very unstable part of the DRC, which as a whole is an unstable country, the administration continues to take the most effective actions to maximize this American's odds of survival and minimize the odds of further transmission."
— Kush Desai , Executive
"I was deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic."
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , Executive
"The individuals are travelling to Europe, including in Germany, and they will be in quarantine during their monitoring period."
— Satish Pillai , Other
Key People
An American doctor and medical missionary working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Incident manager for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Ebola response.
A virus expert at the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research.
Kush Desai is a spokesperson for the White House.
An American doctor who contracted Ebola in eastern Congo.
CDC's incident manager discussing the Ebola outbreak.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
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A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being treated in Germany and is in stable condition, according to the U.S. CDC. Six other high-risk U.S. citizens are also being moved from the DRC to Germany and the Czech Republic.
An American doctor, Dr. Peter Stafford, who was exposed to Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has tested positive for the disease and is being evacuated to Germany for treatment.
Health authorities in the United States have confirmed that a medical missionary who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being transported to Germany for treatment.
An American doctor contracted Ebola in DR Congo and is being evacuated to Germany as the CDC restricts travel. The Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak has 350 suspected cases and 91 deaths.
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