U.N. Liberia medic arrives in Germany for Ebola treatment


  • World
  • Thursday, 09 Oct 2014

LEIPZIG Germany (Reuters) - A medical official with the U.N. Mission in Liberia who tested positive for Ebola arrived in the German city of Leipzig on Thursday to be treated at a local clinic with specialist facilities, authorities said.

The unidentified medic infected in Liberia is the second member of the U.N. mission, known as UNMIL, to contract the virus. The first died on Sept. 25. He is the third Ebola patient to arrive in Germany for treatment.

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