British healthcare worker with Ebola evacuated from DR Congo to UK
The Guardian · 11/5/2026, 2:18:37 AM Philippine time
Excerpt from The Guardian. Read the original report below for the complete story.Patient is in stable condition and will be transferred to a specialist ‘high consequence’ infectious disease unitA British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UK for medical treatment, it has been confirmed.“A British citizen currently in the DR Congo has tested positive for Ebola,” a spokesperson for the UK government said in a statement on Wednesday. “The UK has well-established procedures for dealing with cases like this, and those processes have been activated … The risk to the UK public from Ebola remains low.” Continue reading...