Health worker being monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC

A humanitarian worker is under observation at a specialist hospital in London after possible exposure to the Ebola virus, The Guardian reports. The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they had been treating patients during an outbreak of the disease, according to the UK Health Security Agency. Ebola is a rare but frequently fatal illness spread through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, and specialist units of this kind exist precisely to handle suspected cases in isolation.

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