An American doctor has tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting U.S. health officials to begin enhanced airport screening and temporary travel restrictions aimed at preventing the virus from entering the United States.
The physician has been identified by the missionary organization Serge as Dr. Peter Stafford, who was working at Nyankunde Hospital in Bunia, in eastern Congo. Stafford tested positive for the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola after treating patients during a fast-moving outbreak, according to AP. His wife, Dr. Rebekah Stafford, and another American doctor, Patrick LaRochelle, were potentially exposed but remained asymptomatic and under monitoring, Serge said.
