UN medical official dies of Ebola in German hospital

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The 56-year-old UN employee, who caught Ebola while working in Liberia, has died at a clinic in Leipzig
Ebola patient dies in Leipzig, Germany
St. Georg Hospital in Leipzig, Germany where a man has died of Ebola. Photograph: Hendrik Scmidt/EPA

A UN medical official who caught Ebola while working in Liberia has died in the German hospital where he was being treated, the clinic in Leipzig said on Tuesday.

“The patient sick with Ebola fever died during the night in St Georg Clinic in Leipzig. Despite intensive medical measures and maximum efforts by the medical team, the 56-year-old UN employee succumbed to the serious infectious disease,” it said.

The medic, who has not been named, arrived last week and was the third Ebola patient to be treated in Germany.

More details to follow …