Family of US Ebola patient admitted to Berlin isolation ward
His wife and four children were moved into a separate space as German doctors monitored them for symptoms, officials said.
- American missionary Dr. Peter Stafford is stable at Berlin's Charité University Hospital after contracting Ebola while treating patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His condition has improved since arrival, according to colleague Matt Allison.
- The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain in the DRC's Ituri province has killed 131 people with nearly 600 suspected cases. The World Health Organization declared it a public health emergency on Sunday.
- Stafford, 39, is responding well to treatment and now able to eat, Allison noted. His wife, Rebekah Stafford, and fellow missionary Dr. Peter LaRochelle, 46, were potentially exposed through hospital work.
- Six other high-risk United States citizens were moved to Germany and the Czech Republic for care. The Washington Post reported Wednesday the White House resisted allowing Stafford to return to the United States, delaying his evacuation.
- CDC incident manager Satish Pillai confirmed Tuesday that genetic testing shows this Ebola strain resembles 2007 and 2012 outbreaks, enabling existing diagnostic tools. The agency is preparing to restrict entry for travelers from central Africa.
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Two days after the admission of a US citizen infected with Ebola to the Charité in Berlin, the hospital published information on the state of health for the first time. The patient's family is also in the Charité.[more]]>
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Kristeligt DagbladAn American doctor infected with Ebola has been hospitalized in Berlin for two days. He is not critically ill.
The doctor infected with the Ebola virus is closely cared for in Berlin. His children are allowed to see him through a glass pane. Ebola-News in the blog.
The US is said to have refused the return flight of a US doctor who had infected himself with the Ebola virus in the Congo. Instead, the physician is treated in the Charité in Berlin. The surgeon Peter Stafford probably infected himself during an operation – the patient died shortly afterwards, but was buried before he was tested for the deadly virus. On Wednesday, he was finally flown to Berlin, where he is in a special department where patient…
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