Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo
have confirmed the first cases of Ebola virus in the north-western
region of the country. Confirming the cases, the country's health
Minister, Felix Kabange Numbi, said 8 people have tested positive to the deadly virus.
"The results are positive. The Ebola virus is confirmed in DRC," Mr Numbi
told AFP
DR Congo is the first country outside the West African region to
confirm positive cases of the Ebola virus since the recent outbreak. So
far 1,427 people have died from the virus. Continue...
Meanwhile the
British health worker who tested positive to the deadly virus in Sierra
Leone has arrived back in the UK on board an RAF jet. (pictured above).
The unnamed man landed at London's RAF Northolt in a
specially-equipped C-17 aircraft and was transported to an isolation
unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
The man is 'not currently seriously unwell', a Department of Health spokesman said.
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