UK prepares to fly home first British Ebola patient infected during latest Congo outbreak

Business Insider AfricaChinedu Okafor · 5 November 2026 at 05:00

A UK citizen who caught the Ebola virus during his stay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is set to fly back to his country.
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