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Kathimerini English (Greece)A German hospital is treating an American patient who contracted Ebola while in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking a significant development in the outbreak's potential international spread. The case underscores the risk of Ebola being exported from the DRC to Europe as the outbreak continues to grow across new provinces. German health authorities have implemented isolation protocols. The DRC outbreak has already been declared the fastest-growing Ebola crisis on record.