British health worker infected with Ebola in DR Congo evacuated to London hospital

A British health worker who tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to the UK for treatment.

• The patient landed at RAF Northolt on Thursday and was transported to the Royal Free Hospital's high-level isolation unit in north London.
• It is the first confirmed case of a UK national contracting Ebola in the current outbreak, which DR Congo's health ministry declared in May.
• The outbreak has surpassed 10,000 cases and 5,000 deaths, with a fatality rate of 48.6% reported at the end of last month.
• The WHO said experts recommended adding two candidate vaccines, from Oxford with the Serum Institute of India and from Moderna, to a clinical trial.