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Ebola patient flown to UK from DR Congo

V Reported by Vanguard News 📍 United Kingdom (nationwide) 🕑 17 h ago
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📰 How this story developed

12 reports of this incident, first to latest. It stays on the live map for 48 hours from the first report.
  1. Thu 5 Nov, 08:47 · 17 h ago British Man Infected With Ebola to Be Flown Back to UK BBC · first report
  2. Thu 5 Nov, 19:38 · 6 h ago UK confirms first British Ebola case linked to DR Congo outbreak Pharmacy Business
  3. Thu 5 Nov, 20:20 · 5 h ago Can the UK handle an Ebola infection? The Telegraph
  4. Thu 5 Nov, 20:41 · 5 h ago UK doctor infected with Ebola being treated at London hospital BBC
  5. Thu 5 Nov, 22:45 · 3 h ago Major Ebola update as infected Brit returns to UK Daily Express
  6. Thu 5 Nov, 23:17 · 3 h ago British Man Infected With Ebola Flown to UK for Care JournalArta
  7. Thu 5 Nov, 23:51 · 2 h ago British Ebola patient evacuated from DR Congo arrives at London hospital The Guardian
  8. Thu 5 Nov, 23:56 · 2 h ago British doctor infected with Ebola flown to London as UKHSA gives risk update Yahoo News UK
  9. Fri 6 Nov, 00:05 · 2 h ago British doctor with Ebola in isolation as they return to UK for treatment Chronicle Live
  10. Fri 6 Nov, 00:36 · 1 h ago British doctor infected with Ebola returns to UK for treatment at a London hospital LADbible
  11. Fri 6 Nov, 01:03 · 44 min ago Oxford vaccine moves towards pivotal trial against deadly Bundibugyo Ebola virus Digital Journal
  12. Fri 6 Nov, 01:09 · 39 min ago Ebola patient flown to UK from DR Congo Vanguard News

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  • Ebola patient flown to UK from DR Congo
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