WHO medic with Ebola taken to Germany for treatment

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WHO medic with Ebola taken to Germany for treatment

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/staffer-ebola-taken-germany-treatment-103155685.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BCtaoMwTxBbPUNGUA2drxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-DV-DV1851631-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Medical staff in protective clothing transport a patient infected with the Ebola virus from a plane to an ambulance at Hamburg airport, northern Germany, on August 27, 2014" align="left" title="Medical staff in protective clothing transport a patient infected with the Ebola virus from a plane to an ambulance at Hamburg airport, northern Germany, on August 27, 2014" border="0" /></a>A World Health Organization doctor who has contracted Ebola arrived in a German hospital Wednesday, the first patient with the virus to be treated in the country, officials said. The man -- a Senegalese epidemiologist infected in Sierra Leone, according to the WHO -- has requested that his name, age and health status not be made public, said his German doctors. The patient arrived on a specially equipped aircraft in the northern city of Hamburg, and he was able to walk off the plane by himself, said Hamburg health department spokesman Rico Schmidt. &quot;We believe that the mortality rate of the Ebola disease can be significantly reduced with these simple measures,&quot; said the tropical diseases doctor treating him, Stefan Schmiedel.</p><br clear="all"/>

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