UK evacuates British healthcare worker infected with Ebola from Congo

A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on a chartered medical flight. The patient, a volunteer with a humanitarian organization assisting in the epidemic response, is in stable condition. This is the first confirmed case of a British national contracting the virus in the current outbreak. UKHSA and the Foreign Office state the risk to the British public remains low. The DRC outbreak has surpassed 10,500 confirmed cases and 5,100 deaths.