Questions remain over Ebola patient who travelled across three nations undetected
Fresh details reveal how the 40-year-old businessman flew and crossed regional borders while seriously ill.
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"The account, presented by the agency's emergency director, Dr Wessam Mankoula, provides the clearest picture yet of how the businessman travelled thousands of kilometres while growing increasingly unwell."
— Dr Wessam Mankoula , Academic
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Fresh details reveal how the 40-year-old businessman flew and crossed regional borders while seriously ill.
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