US doctor with Ebola in Berlin hospital not critically ill, family tests negative

A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of ​Congo, where an outbreak of a rare ‌strain has killed over 130 people, is not critically ill and his wife and four children have tested negative, the ​Berlin hospital where the family is being treated ​said on Friday.“Because the course of the ⁠illness can change, he remains under close observation and ​is receiving treatment,” Charite university hospital said in a ​statement.“He is being cared for in the high-security area of the specialized isolation unit.”The patient’s wife and four children “are currently ​asymptomatic and quarantined in a separate part of ​the unit – an initial PCR test detected no Ebola virus infection.”The ‌patient, ⁠identified by the Serge Christian mission organization as medical missionary Dr.

Peter Stafford, contracted Ebola while treating patients in the DRC, where he had been living ​with his family.The ​White House ⁠said Stafford and his family had been brought to Germany because it is ​12 hours closer to the DRC than ​the ⁠United States.Charite said in its statement that the patient room had been made as child-friendly as possible, adding ⁠that ​the children were able to ​see their father “through a glass partition, and family members can communicate via ​an intercom.”...