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Czech Hospital Isolates U.S. Doctor as WHO Declares Ebola Emergency

5/21/2026

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Czech officials will isolate the U.S. doctor at Prague’s Faculty Hospital Bulovka, an infectious-disease centre, after he was transferred from Uganda and shows no symptoms.
Health Minister Adam Vojtech said the case poses no risk to the Czech public and that protocols are established.
The World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo Ebola strain a public health emergency of international concern, the first WHO chief action before an emergency committee.

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Czech officials will isolate the U.S. doctor at Prague’s Faculty Hospital Bulovka, an infectious-disease centre, after he was transferred from Uganda and shows no symptoms.
Health Minister Adam Vojtech said the case poses no risk to the Czech public and that protocols are established.
The World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo Ebola strain a public health emergency of international concern, the first WHO chief action before an emergency committee.