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A 33-year-old American doctor working for a relief organization in Liberia’s capital has tested positive for the tropical disease Ebola, according to a statement from Samaritan’s Purse.
Dr. Kent Brantly, medical director at one of the country’s two treatment centres run by the organisation, recognised his own symptoms and confined himself to an isolation ward.
It was not immediately clear how he caught Ebola. The relief group’s Melissa Strickland said that he had followed strict safety protocols when treating patients.
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