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Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland

Ebola patient evacuated from Nigeria to Switzerland
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⁠A woman infected with ⁠the Ebola virus and her husband, a ⁠Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said. The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in Democratic ‌Republic of Congo. Her husband, considered a close contact, was in isolation at University Hospital Zurich, the Swiss Federal Office of...

⁠A woman infected with ⁠the Ebola virus and her husband, a ⁠Swiss diplomat, were flown from Nigeria to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday, Swiss authorities said. The Ugandan-born wife of the diplomat, based in Abuja, was being treated at Geneva University Hospitals for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has caused an outbreak that started in Democratic ‌Republic of Congo. Her husband, considered a close contact, was in isolation at University Hospital Zurich, the Swiss Federal Office of... [Image text:] rega Pilot aerolite Parad
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