US doctor contracts Ebola virus in Liberia as outbreak claims colleague's life

A US doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus.

US doctor contracts Ebola virus in Liberia as outbreak claims colleague's life
Sun, 27 Jul, 2014 - 12:11

A US doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus.

Relief organisation Samaritan's Purse says Kent Brantly, aged 33, is being treated at a hospital in the capital, Monrovia.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: USPlace: LiberiaPlace: MonroviaPlace: Fort Worth, TexasPlace: AfricaPlace: KentPlace: West AfricaPlace: GuineaPlace: Sierra LeonePerson: Kent BrantlyPerson: BrantlyPerson: Melissa StricklandPerson: StricklandPerson: Robert EarleyPerson: BrantleyPerson: Tolbert NyenswahPerson: Samuel BrisbaneOrganisation: Samaritan's PurseOrganisation: JPS Health NetworkOrganisation: World Health OrganisationOrganisation: WHO
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