Wednesday, July 30, 2014

US Ebola doctor 'weak and quite ill,' says colleague

Protective gear including boots, gloves, masks and suits, are left to dry after being used to treat Ebola patients in the Liberian capital Monrovia, on July 24, 2014 An American doctor who has contracted the dangerous Ebola virus in Liberia is "weak and quite ill," a colleague of his told AFP on Tuesday. Kent Brantly, 33, became infected with Ebola while working with patients in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, as he helped treat victims of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Brantly and another American healthcare worker are among the more than 1,200 people who have become infected with Ebola in West Africa since March. He is still in the early stages of the Ebola infection but having some daily struggles," David Mcray, a family medicine doctor in Fort Worth, Texas, told AFP by phone.








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