More than 400 healthcare workers have contracted Ebola – and 58% percent of those have died – according to a report from the World Health Organisation.
A breach in safety protocol at a Dallas Hospital in the US has caused a female healthcare worker to become infected with Ebola after having extensive contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan. The development – the first known case of the deadly disease transmitted in the US – stunned health officials who had not included the woman in the group of 48 people being monitored for the disease because she was thought to be of low risk for infection as she had worn protective equipment while caring for Duncan.