Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
11
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
A British man who tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been flown back to the UK.
asserted
who → publish → UK
The man, who is a health worker and has not been identified, landed at RAF Northolt before being transported to a specialist infectious diseases unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
It is the first confirmed case of a UK national contracting Ebola during the most recent outbreak of the rare but deadly virus in DR Congo, which has so far led to more than 5,000 deaths.
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which → identify → deaths
Speaking earlier this week, a UK government spokesperson said there were "well-established procedures for dealing with cases like this" and that the risk to the public remains low.
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risk → speak → public
The Royal Free Hospital successfully treated three health workers who had been evacuated after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 and 2015.
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who → treat → 2014
There have only been four confirmed cases of the virus in the UK - one, in 1976, resulting from a laboratory incident, and three involving health workers who were responding to an outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2015.
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who → confirm → 2014
None of these cases have resulted in a death.
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None → result → death
There have been more than 10,000 confirmed cases since the recent outbreak in DR Congo started in May, which has grown to become the second most deadly recorded spate of infections, behind the outbreak in West Africa in the 2010s.
uncertain
which → confirm → 2010s
The current outbreak in DR Congo has a fatality rate of 48.6% reported at the end of last month.
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outbreak → have → month
Ebola can result in serious illness and death.
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Ebola → result → illness
Early symptoms include vomiting and diarrhoea but it can progress to organ failure and internal bleeding.
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it → include → failure
The virus spreads from one person to another by contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood or vomit.
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virus → spread → blood
The ongoing outbreak centred on DR Congo is fuelled by the Bundibugyo variant of the virus.
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outbreak → centre → virus
There is no approved vaccine but the World Health Organization said experts have recommended adding two new candidate drugs to an ongoing clinical trial.
asserted
experts → be → trial
The vaccines, one developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, and another by the firm Moderna, will join the trial once they are approved by Congolese health authorities.
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they → develop → authorities
It will be the first time jabs specifically designed to protect against the Bundibugyo virus are tested during an outbreak.
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jabs → design → outbreak
Since the outbreak, Ebola cases have also been confirmed in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
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cases → confirm → Kenya
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