American Doctor Infected with Ebola in DRC Flown to Germany for Treatment
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An American doctor, identified as Peter Stafford, who contracted the Ebola virus while practicing medicine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is being transported to Germany for treatment. According to his missionary group, he was too weak to stand before the flight. He was infected after unknowingly operating on a latent Ebola patient. The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, has killed at least 131 people, leading the WHO to declare it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.