WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - The family of a Texas doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa had travelled back to the United States before he showed symptoms and was not at risk for getting or spreading the disease, U.S. health officials said on Monday.
Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, is one of two American relief workers to test positive for the highly contagious virus that has killed 672 people across the region in the largest-ever Ebola outbreak, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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