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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

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

A patient with Ebola receives medical care at the Rwampara Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A patient with Ebola receives medical care at the Rwampara Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, earlier in July. Photograph: Benediction Murhabazi/AFP/Getty Images

A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus.

The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.

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