Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
2 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola is being medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official document seen by Reuters.
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worker → infect → Reuters
The patient is in a stable condition and is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or Thursday before being transferred to a specialist ambulance to a high-consequence infectious disease unit, the document showed.
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document → expect → unit
It quoted British authorities saying they did not expect the case to have a serious public health impact in Britain, and anticipated no disruption to international travel or trade.
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case → quote → travel
“A British citizen currently in the DRC has tested positive for Ebola,” a spokesperson for Britain’s government told Reuters in an emailed statement.
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spokesperson → test → statement
The risk to the UK public from Ebola remains low.
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risk → remain → Ebola
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The patient, whose identity was not disclosed, had been sent to DR Congo by a humanitarian organisation to help support the response to the outbreak.
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identity → disclose → outbreak
It is the first case involving a British national linked to the current outbreak, although several other people from elsewhere in Europe have been infected.
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people → involve → Europe
Switzerland last month evacuated an Ebola patient from Nigeria for treatment, while France in June reported its first confirmed case tied to the outbreak in a doctor returning from a humanitarian mission in DR Congo.
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France → evacuate → Congo
Ebola is a severe viral disease spread through direct contact with an infected person’s body fluids.
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Ebola → spread → fluids
The World Health Organization says the disease is fatal in about half of cases on average, though mortality rates vary between outbreaks.
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rates → say → outbreaks
British health authorities say the risk to the wider public from imported Ebola cases remains low and the National Health Service has procedures in place to manage suspected and confirmed infections.
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Service → say → infections
Imported cases are rare, with only four confirmed cases recorded in Britain since 1976, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
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cases → confirm → Agency
The outbreak in DR Congo is the second-largest on record, with more than 10,000 confirmed cases and nearly 5,000 deaths reported by late October.
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outbreak → confirm → October
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