Britain is evacuating a British health worker who contracted Ebola from the Democratic Republic of Congo on a chartered medical flight. The patient is a volunteer sent by a humanitarian organization to help respond to an epidemic. Their condition is stable. This is the first confirmed case of a British citizen contracting the virus in this outbreak. UKHSA and Foreign Office: The risk to the British public remains low. The DRC outbreak has passed 10,500 confirmed cases and 5,100 deaths. Sky News.

Britain is evacuating a British health worker who contracted Ebola from the Democratic Republic of Congo on a chartered medical flight. The patient is a volunteer sent by a humanitarian organization to help respond to an epidemic. Their condition is stable. This is the first confirmed case of a British citizen contracting the virus in this outbreak. UKHSA and Foreign Office: The risk to the British public remains low. The DRC outbreak has passed 10,500 confirmed cases and 5,100 deaths. Sky News.