UK providing specialist care to aid worker with Ebola

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/11/05/uk-providing-specialist-care-to-aid-worker-with-ebola/ This post relates to an emerging incident and will be updated as new information becomes available A British person has been diagnosed with Ebola after helping with the outbreak response in the DRC and has been brought to the UK for specialist treatment. They have been safely transported back to the UK via medevac - a specialist flight during which an individual receives detailed medical care, and are now in one of the UK's High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) units at the Royal Free Hospital, London. HCID units are specialist NHS units designed to safely treat people diagnosed with rare and serious infections. Large infectious disease outbreaks like the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) require a large scale, international response. Specialists from countries around the world are assisting on the ground in DRC. Outbreak responses like this one always carry risk of the infection spreading to those who are responding. The risk to the UK public remains low. The UK has well-established systems, specialist facilities and highly trained staff for managing ...