00:00The individual, a humanitarian worker who had been medically evacuated from the DRC, is not currently displaying any symptoms and
00:09remains well, but as a precautionary measure they were evacuated on a flight chartered solely for the evacuation, according to
00:19the UK Health and Security Agency or UKHSA.
00:25The person is now being assessed and monitored in isolation by infectious disease specialists as an unnamed London specialist hospital.
00:36The incubation period of Ebola ranges from 2 to 21 days and the individual will be closely monitored and required
00:44to isolate throughout this period.
00:47There are no confirmed cases of Ebola in the UK and the risk to the general public remains low.
00:54Richard Peabody, Director of Epidemic and Emerging Infections at the UKHSA, said this individual has been transferred out of an
01:04abundance of caution and they are pleased they remain well.
01:08The current Ebola epidemic is largely confined to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
01:15It is the Central African nation's 17th Ebola outbreak and began only five months after the end of the previous
01:22outbreak.
01:23In Europe, an isolated and imported case from the DRC was recently reported in France.
01:29In France may be more 오�
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