Sierra Leone Ebola Scare Forces Evacuations
10 U.S. charity staff to be evacuated from Sierra Leone after colleague tests positive for Ebola.
By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY AND ROBBIE COREY-BOULET
USNews.com
3/15/2015
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Ten health care workers with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the United States after one of their colleagues was infected with the deadly disease.
Partners in Health said in a statement Saturday that the 10, the largest group to be evacuated to the United States over possible Ebola exposure, would travel on non-commercial aircraft and be isolated in Ebola treatment facilities.
Four of the 10 health care workers arrived at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, spokesman Taylor Wilson said Sunday. None of them were sick, but if they do develop Ebola they will be treated in the hospital’s specialized biocontainment unit.
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