State Department Denies Reported Offer to Treat Non-Americans Infected with Ebola in US
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government has not offered to allow non-Americans into the country to receive treatment for Ebola, the State Department said Wednesday.
While the U.S. has discussed allowing other nations to use U.S. MEDEVAC capabilities to evacuate their own citizens to their home countries or other nations, “we are not contemplating bringing them back to the U.S. for treatment,” State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke said Wednesday. “There is no policy of the U.S. Government to allow entry of non-U.S. citizen Ebola-infected to the United States. There is no consideration in the State Department of changing that policy,” he added.
The Washington Times reported that an internal memo was written arguing that any doctors or medical workers infected with Ebola in West Africa should be treated in the U.S., but Rathke said that memo was never cleared by or even brought to senior leaders at the State Department for approval.
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