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| Liberian Doctor Treated With an Experimental Drug Dies From Ebola | Liberian Doctor Treated With an Experimental Drug Dies From Ebola |
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| A Liberian doctor with Ebola who was given ZMapp — the same experimental drug given to two infected Americans — has died, officials said Monday. | A Liberian doctor with Ebola who was given ZMapp — the same experimental drug given to two infected Americans — has died, officials said Monday. |
| Dr. Abraham Borbor, deputy chief medical doctor at Liberia’s largest hospital, received one of the few existing doses of the drug, made by a San Diego company, The Associated Press said, quoting Liberia’s information minister. | Dr. Abraham Borbor, deputy chief medical doctor at Liberia’s largest hospital, received one of the few existing doses of the drug, made by a San Diego company, The Associated Press said, quoting Liberia’s information minister. |
| The two Americans who received ZMapp, both working for the charity Samaritan’s Purse, survived after treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. When the two were released last week, their doctors said they did not know whether the drug — a cocktail of mouse antibodies grown in tobacco plants — had helped them, had no effect or perhaps even slowed their recoveries. | The two Americans who received ZMapp, both working for the charity Samaritan’s Purse, survived after treatment at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. When the two were released last week, their doctors said they did not know whether the drug — a cocktail of mouse antibodies grown in tobacco plants — had helped them, had no effect or perhaps even slowed their recoveries. |
| A Spanish priest who received one of the first six doses also died, but that was attributed in part to his age, 75. | A Spanish priest who received one of the first six doses also died, but that was attributed in part to his age, 75. |
| Also on Monday, it was confirmed that another Ebola outbreak is underway in a remote village in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Congolese government laboratory said it was of a different strain and not related to the West African outbreak, which is almost 3,000 miles away. | Also on Monday, it was confirmed that another Ebola outbreak is underway in a remote village in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Congolese government laboratory said it was of a different strain and not related to the West African outbreak, which is almost 3,000 miles away. |
| A lab designated by the World Health Organization will test samples from the outbreak, which is in Equateur Province. | A lab designated by the World Health Organization will test samples from the outbreak, which is in Equateur Province. |
| The Congo outbreak is known to have killed 13 people. The country — formerly Zaire — has had six outbreaks since the disease was discovered there in 1976 in a village near the Ebola River. | The Congo outbreak is known to have killed 13 people. The country — formerly Zaire — has had six outbreaks since the disease was discovered there in 1976 in a village near the Ebola River. |
| Also on Monday, Nigeria reduced its Ebola case count to 13, from 14. One recent case was a false positive, the health minister said. | Also on Monday, Nigeria reduced its Ebola case count to 13, from 14. One recent case was a false positive, the health minister said. |
| A British nurse who contracted the disease in Sierra Leone was flown home Sunday night by the Royal Air Force and hospitalized in London. | A British nurse who contracted the disease in Sierra Leone was flown home Sunday night by the Royal Air Force and hospitalized in London. |
| More than 240 health care workers have fallen ill in this outbreak, the health organization said Monday, and half of them have died. In previous outbreaks, the organization said, deaths among medical workers have decreased rapidly once it is known that patients have Ebola and personal protection measures are taken. | More than 240 health care workers have fallen ill in this outbreak, the health organization said Monday, and half of them have died. In previous outbreaks, the organization said, deaths among medical workers have decreased rapidly once it is known that patients have Ebola and personal protection measures are taken. |
| As of last Friday’s W.H.O. update, 2,615 people in four countries had been infected and 1,427 had died. | As of last Friday’s W.H.O. update, 2,615 people in four countries had been infected and 1,427 had died. |
| The nurse, William Pooley, 29, had been in Sierra Leone since March giving palliative care to patients dying of cancer and AIDS when Ebola began spreading there. He volunteered to work in Kenema Hospital, where 22 local health workers have died. The hospital has been described as a “death trap,” and Mr. Pooley worked long shifts among highly infectious patients in the isolation ward. | The nurse, William Pooley, 29, had been in Sierra Leone since March giving palliative care to patients dying of cancer and AIDS when Ebola began spreading there. He volunteered to work in Kenema Hospital, where 22 local health workers have died. The hospital has been described as a “death trap,” and Mr. Pooley worked long shifts among highly infectious patients in the isolation ward. |
| The health organization also said that an epidemiologist affiliated with one of its partner organizations had contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone. Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the organization, said the victim was Senegalese and working with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, through which the W.H.O. and other agencies respond to health crises. | |
| Japan said Monday that it was ready to provide a new influenza drug to fight Ebola. The drug, called favipiravir or Avigan, is made by the Toyama Chemical Company. It has not been shown to work against Ebola. A health official said 40,000 doses were available. | Japan said Monday that it was ready to provide a new influenza drug to fight Ebola. The drug, called favipiravir or Avigan, is made by the Toyama Chemical Company. It has not been shown to work against Ebola. A health official said 40,000 doses were available. |
| Canada has offered an experimental vaccine made by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals. It has also not been shown to work in humans. | Canada has offered an experimental vaccine made by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals. It has also not been shown to work in humans. |