A team from Doctors Without Borders dons protective clothing and equipment as they prepare to treat Ebola patients in an isolation ward of Mbandaka hospital in Congo. On Thursday, a senior Doctors Without Borders aid worker said that two patients infected with Ebola who fled their hospital on Monday night potentially exposed dozens of more people to the virus. Ebola is contagious through bodily fluids, and both patients, who were at an acute phase of the illness, died within hours. Knowing who has been exposed to Ebola is also critical to the effectiveness of the new Ebola vaccine that has been deployed to Congo. In previous Ebola outbreaks, patients have also left the hospital despite doctors urging them not to.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2018 22:07 UTC