WHO Expert in West Africa Infected by the Ebola Virus

Source: http://www.cubiclane.com/2014/08/24/who-expert-in-west-africa-infected-by-the-ebola-virus-12984

An expert from the World Health Organization, operating in Sierra Leone tofight against the Ebola epidemic, contracted the deadly virus, according to astatement released on Sunday by the WHO. According to a spokesman for the WHO in Geneva, the person in question is an expert in epidemiology. This is the first time, the WHO added, that a member of its teams on the field is infected with the virus.

The person “is receiving the best possibletreatment,” and an evacuation to another clinic is being considered. Since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak, the WHO has deployed about 400 people in the affected West African regions, namely Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Over the past six months, more than 225 people working in the health sector of these countries have contracted the Ebola virus disease, and nearly 130 have died.

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