An American doctor infected with Ebola has been flown to Berlin’s Charité hospital for specialist treatment. Germany’s Health Ministry announced that the patient’s immediate family will be allowed to enter Germany to join him, following a request from US authorities. The wife and three children will be brought to the special isolation ward at Charité. The doctor contracted the virus while working in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of the latest outbreak. It is not clear whether the relatives, who were also in the DRC, are showing symptoms. The isolation ward is a contained area isolated from the rest of the clinic and is experienced in handling Ebola cases.
"Germany's Health Ministry announced the decision on Wednesday, saying it was a response to a request from US authorities. The man's wife and three children will be brought to the special isolation ward at Berlin's Charite university hospital. The doctor became infected while working in the east of the DRC, the epicenter of the latest outbreak. It's not clear whether his relatives, who were also in the DRC, were showing symptoms."
"The patient arrived at the Berlin clinic in the early hours of Wednesday. The Health Ministry later said his immediate family, who were also in the DRC with him, would be allowed to join him at the clinic. Family members will be allowed entry to Germany to join the doctor from the US infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who is now receiving treatment in Berlin."
"The special isolation ward at the Charite hospital is a bespoke contained area that's isolated from the rest of the university clinic and is experienced at handling dangerous cases like Ebola patients."
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