Congo confirms its first cases of Ebola, as British patient is flown to the UK

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCU29A9yEwZJDYEgjm06lqZyKm6xrT8p26iW-ajHsdyioqsFKAzBwG2o9TBZSU52mUYPYQ57CXXPz_44YXn9nIdy6nSfqHViFOmCHBwCJhrW82NmroIjZ3mTcYeirPp13oJ7srVEuQzLkN/s400/00.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><div class="nrelate nrelate_related nr_clear" id="nrelate_related_1" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; -webkit-transform: none; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; clear: both; margin: 5px 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed the first cases of Ebola virus in </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the n</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">orth-western region of the country. Confirming the cases, the country's health Minister, </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Felix Kabange Numbi, said 8 people have tested positive to the deadly virus. </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The results are positive. The Ebola virus is confirmed in DRC," Mr Numbi told AFP</span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">DR Congo is the first country outside the West African region to confirm positive cases of the Ebola </span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">virus since the recent outbreak. So far 1,427 people have died from the virus. <a href="" name="more"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="text-decoration: none;"></a> </span></div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CI86GG52Y1tOYkSqwB5wOD_AUSD2ImYs2D8QEyAnD-fD6rj5NIngDekSg75zuJvz0LiyJz4VtF54g6kj6HUKv4C0Ykby1vrj0lCzYcRKtBtgLz3emQGWJslEh4Yj2KoGNAzAf7gGbDbJ/s1600/Untitled.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" /></span></div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9RUQNwwtDLAoi5LWCX-q6W_OmXO8oRrVe0S0Z0H5FuIEai96bN3unte4YbhFt1r5x4t8OC8AMDdMmnO29ofNlWAP_AQMfLdz5PPYPTVmA2fIvmi19_IighLkYOUzmAJ7nPS0GfyaOFjb/s1600/01.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 20px; padding: 8px;" width="400" /></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><div class="nrelate nrelate_related nr_clear" id="nrelate_related_2" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; -webkit-transform: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; clear: both; margin: 5px 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile the British health worker who tested positive to the deadly virus in Sierra Leone has </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">arrived back in the UK on board an RAF jet. (pictured above). 29 year old Nurse William Pooley </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">landed at London's RAF Northolt in a specially-equipped C-17 aircraft today and was transported to </span></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.<br /><br />The man is 'not currently seriously unwell', a Department of Health spokesman said. </span><div class="nrelate nrelate_related nr_clear" id="nrelate_related_3" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; -webkit-transform: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; clear: both; margin: 5px 1px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2209523206360217154" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 2016px;"> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div>

Congo confirms its first cases of Ebola, as British patient is flown to the UK

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