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US Doctor With Ebola Admitted To Hospital In Germany

A US doctor infected with the <span><a href="https://www.healthandme.com/health/ebola">Ebola</a></span> virus, while treating patients infected with the deadly disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo has been admitted to Berlin's Charité hospital today.

The German Health Ministry acquiesced to a request from the United States for the patient to be treated in Germany rather than the United States due to the shorter travel time from Uganda and the Charité's experience in dealing with Ebola, Deutsche Welle reported.

The patient was flown to Berlin on a special medical aircraft and was then driven to the hospital in a specially designed vehicle escorted by police. The aircraft also carried six other people with whom the infected man had contact.

The German Health Ministry has reassured the public that there is no danger of the deadly virus spreading to the general population.

The Charité hospital specializes in the treatment of such cases and the patient is being housed in a completely isolated ward, separate from the rest of the clinic, the report said.

The German Health Ministry, however, noted that the mortality rate following modern treatment and specialist monitoring at a clinic like Berlin's Charité drops from around 60 per cent to 20 per cent-30 per cent.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths due to the <span>Bundibugyo</span> strain in DR Congo since the new outbreak began in April.

Global health leaders are also considering whether vaccines or medicines still in development could be used to fight Ebola. Dr Mesfin Teklu Tessema, senior director of health at the International Rescue Committee, which works in the DRC’s Ituri Province, where most cases have been reported, told the The Guardian he expected current known cases were “the tip of the iceberg”.

Spread across the porous border to South Sudan, he said, was probably “a matter of when”. He warned that a weak public health infrastructure there meant “we are actually flying blind”.

A WHO official in Ituri province said the outbreak could take a long time to bring under control.

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“I don’t think that in two months we will be done with this outbreak,” Anne Ancia, the WHO’s representative for the DRC, told reporters in Geneva at the World Health Assembly, pointing to a recent Ebola outbreak that took two years to end. Nearly 2,300 people died between 2018 and 2020 in the deadliest outbreak in the DRC to date.

“At the international level, [we are] looking at what candidate vaccines or treatment are available and if any could be of use in this outbreak,” Ancia added.

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A US doctor infected with the Ebola virus, while treating patients infected with the deadly disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo has been admitted to Berlin's Charité hospital today.The German Health Ministry acquiesced to a request from the United States for the patient to be treated in Germany rather than the United States due to the shorter travel time from Uganda and the Charité's experience in dealing with Ebola, Deutsche Welle reported.The patient was flown to Berlin on a special medical aircraft and was then driven to the hospital in a specially designed vehicle escorted by police. The aircraft also carried six other people with whom the infected man had contact.The German Health Ministry has reassured the public that there is no danger of the deadly virus spreading to the general population.The Charité hospital specializes in the treatment of such cases and the patient is being housed in a completely isolated ward, separate from the rest of the clinic, the report said.The German Health Ministry, however, noted that the mortality rate following modern treatment and specialist monitoring at a clinic like Berlin's Charité drops from around 60 per cent to 20 per cent-30 per cent.Ebola Cases Rise To Over 130: WHO Considers Use Of Experimental VaccinesAlso read: UK Scientists Begin Drug Trial To Mend Broken Heart SyndromeTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths due to the Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo since the new outbreak began in April.Global health leaders are also considering whether vaccines or medicines still in development could be used to fight Ebola. Dr Mesfin Teklu Tessema, senior director of health at the International Rescue Committee, which works in the DRC’s Ituri Province, where most cases have been reported, told the The Guardian he expected current known cases were “the tip of the iceberg”.Spread across the porous border to South Sudan, he said, was probably “a matter of when”. He warned that a weak public health infrastructure there meant “we are actually flying blind”.A WHO official in Ituri province said the outbreak could take a long time to bring under control.“I don’t think that in two months we will be done with this outbreak,” Anne Ancia, the WHO’s representative for the DRC, told reporters in Geneva at the World Health Assembly, pointing to a recent Ebola outbreak that took two years to end. Nearly 2,300 people died between 2018 and 2020 in the deadliest outbreak in the DRC to date.“At the international level, [we are] looking at what candidate vaccines or treatment are available and if any could be of use in this outbreak,” Ancia added.

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