Ebola: Second Patient Arrives In Germany

A hospital in the German city of Frankfurt-on-Main has taken in an
Ebola patient after he was flown in during the night under tight
security.

After arriving on a medical flight from West Africa, the man was
brought to Frankfurt University Hospital where he was placed in an
isolation ward.

He is a Ugandan doctor who worked with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.

It is Germany's second case, with a man undergoing treatment in
Hamburg after arriving from West Africa in August.

In West Africa more than 3,338 people have died in the world's worst
outbreak of the virus.

There have been 7,178 confirmed cases, with Sierra Leone, Liberia and
Guinea suffering the most.

'Adrenaline rises'

The Frankfurt hospital said the patient's arrival had gone well.

"I am confident that the patient can get good treatment," Professor
Rene Gottschalk told reporters.

Staff, he said, had been trained to handle Ebola patients, adding "but
still, the adrenaline levels naturally go a little higher when a real
patient is brought in."

Giving details of the sufferer, Hesse Minister of Social Affairs
Stefan Gruettner said he had been working for an Italian aid
organisation in Sierra Leone and had helped Ebola sufferers there
before becoming infected himself.