A British medical worker who was affected by the deadly disease Ebola was flown home from Liberia yesterday.
A special adapted Royal Air Force cargo plane picked up the male healthcare worker who results to be the first Briton infected in an Ebola epidemic, in Sierra Leone.
The Department of Health said the patient whose identity has not been disclosed will be transported to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Also a new outbreak of the disease was detected in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The country's health Minister, Felix Kabange Numbi, said 8 people have tested positive to the deadly virus.
"DR Congo is the first country outside the West African region to confirm positive cases of the Ebola virus since the recent outbreak.
western region of the country. Confirming the cases, the country's health Minister, Felix Kabange Numbi, said 8 people have tested positive to the deadly virus.
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