December 29, 2014
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The Scottish government said a confirmed case of Ebola was diagnosed in Glasgow. The patient was a health care worker was helping combat the disease in West Africa, the government said.
Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Scottish government said a confirmed case of Ebola was diagnosed in Glasgow.
The patient was a health care worker was helping combat the disease in west Africa, the government said. (http://bit.ly/1CPZxW9)
The patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment in the specialist Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel Hospital campus.
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The World Health Organization on Monday said the number of people infected by Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea - the worst affected by the outbreak - has passed 20,000, with more than 7,842 deaths in the epidemic so far. (Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
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