A 33-YEAR-OLD American working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC News has been infected with Ebola and will be flown back to the US, the network says.
“The freelancer came down with symptoms on Wednesday, feeling tired
and achy. As part of a routine temperature check, he discovered he was
running a slight fever,” said NBC’s website on Thursday.
“He immediately quarantined himself and sought medical advice.”
The
man, who was only hired on Tuesday, went to a Medecins Sans Frontieres
(MSF) treatment centre to be tested on Thursday, and the positive result
came back just under 12 hours later.
He was a second cameraman
for NBC News chief medical editor and correspondent Dr Nancy Snyderman,
who is reporting on assignment in Monrovia with three other NBC
employees.
He is the fourth American to have contracted Ebola in
Liberia. The other three were Christian missionaries who became infected
in healthcare settings.
The cameraman’s name was not revealed, but NBC said he “has been
working in Liberia on various projects for the past three years”.
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