Briton with Ebola being flown home from Sierra Leone
A British healthcare worker who contracted the Ebola virus
in Sierra Leone is being
flown to London
for treatment, the Department of Health said on Sunday, reports AFP.
Officials said the patient was currently on a military plane
en route back to Britain
and, while not seriously ill, would be treated at an isolation unit at a London hospital.
"The Department of Health, Public Health England (PHE)
and NHS England can confirm that, following clinical advice, a decision has
been made to repatriate a British national healthcare worker residing in
The Briton is the first person from the country to have
contracted the virus in a recent, devastating outbreak.
The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported that the infected
person is a male medic who was working for a charity in Sierra Leone .
Ebola has spread through Liberia ,
Guinea and Sierra Leone , while Nigeria has also been affected,
killing a total of 1,427 people since March.
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