American Missionary Has Ebola; US Bans Travel From Area
The entrance of CBCA Virunga General Hospital, where rooms are being prepared for possible suspected Ebola, in Goma, DRC, on May 17.
Photographer: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images
A US missionary has tested positive for the Ebola virus after being exposed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Satish Pillai, incident manager for the CDC’s Ebola response, said on a call with reporters that the missionary is showing symptoms and has been sent to Germany for supportive care. The CDC is also working to move to Germany six others who may have been exposed.