An American doctor is being transferred from Uganda to a hospital in Prague after he came into contact with an Ebola-infected patient, health officials in the Czech Republic said.
The doctor was showing no symptoms of the deadly virus as of May 20, and will be hospitalized as a precaution following a request from the United States, Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on X.
Among the confirmed Ebola cases is another American doctor who was caring for patients in the Congo with a Christian organization in Ituri Province. Dr. Peter Stafford “began to develop symptoms and received a positive test result for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus variant,” Serge, the Christian group, said in a statement on May 18. He has been transferred to Germany….