<p>Doctor who was helping response to outbreak in Africa taken to specialist isolation unit at Royal Free hospital</p><p>A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned to the UK for specialist treatment.</p><p>The patient, whose identity is unknown, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/british-healthcare-worker-ebola-evacuated-drc-to-uk-document-shows">transported home on a medical evacuation flight</a>, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Thursday. They are now being cared for in a specialised high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in Hampstead, north London. <br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/british-ebola-patient-evacuated-drc-arrives-london-hospital">Continue reading...</a>
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British Ebola patient evacuated from DRC arrives at London hospital
<p>Doctor who was helping response to outbreak in Africa taken to specialist isolation unit at Royal Free hospital</p><p>A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned to the UK for specialist treatment.</p><p>The patient, whose identity is unknown, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/british-healthcare-worker-ebola-evacuated-drc-to-uk-document-shows">transported home on a medical evacuation flight</a>, the Department of Health and Social Care said on Thursday. They are now being cared for in a specialised high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free hospital in Hampstead, north London. <br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/05/british-ebola-patient-evacuated-drc-arrives-london-hospital">Continue reading...</a>