Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC

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A humanitarian worker is being monitored for potential exposure to the Ebola virus after being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that the individual is not displaying any symptoms and remains well. The worker is being assessed in isolation by infectious disease specialists at a London hospital. The outbreak in the DRC and Uganda was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.