CDC Says U.S. Humanitarian Worker in Congo Tests Positive for Ebola
The CDC said it is tracing contacts and working with partners after confirming the infection in a humanitarian worker.
- On Friday, the CDC reported that a United States citizen working for a humanitarian group in the DRC tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus.
- Government data released late Friday shows the confirmed Ebola outbreak in the DRC has grown to 1,830 cases, including 648 deaths, amid ongoing community transmission.
- No Ebola cases have been confirmed in the United States, and the CDC states "the overall risk to the American public and travelers remains low," with disease limited to remote areas of the DRC and Uganda.
- Last month, a humanitarian worker tested positive in France after returning from the DRC, while in May the international charity Serge reported American Christian missionary physician Peter Stafford also "tested positive" for the virus.
- Peter Stafford, evacuated to Berlin, Germany for treatment, later described his illness as difficult, while his wife Rebekah Stafford recalled explaining the diagnosis to their four children, all under seven years old.
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US citizen tests positive for Ebola while working in Democratic Republic of Congo
A U.S. citizen working with a humanitarian aid group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, according to the U.S. CDC.
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