Ebola: Seventh British health worker sent home
BBC.com
16 March 2015
A seventh UK healthcare worker has been flown back to the UK after suspected contact with Ebola.
The individual worked in the same facility in Sierra Leone as a US volunteer medic who recently caught the virus.
The UK patient currently has no symptoms.
They have been assessed and discharged from the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, but will be kept under close observation, officials say.
Public Health England stressed that the risk to the general public from Ebola remained “very low”.
Dr Isabel Oliver, PHE’s Ebola incident lead, said: “We are confident all appropriate public health actions have been taken to support this individual and to protect the public’s health.
“The courage shown by every volunteer, in helping those affected in West Africa and working to prevent the spread of Ebola any wider, should be recognised.”
Meanwhile, two other UK healthcare workers are currently being cared for in the Royal Free Hospital in London.
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