British Military Healthcare Worker Flown Back to UK After Testing Positive for Ebola
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JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The United Kingdom’s Development Secretary Justine Greening told the House of Commons on Thursday that a British military healthcare worker has tested positive for Ebola while working to fight the spread of the disease in West Africa.
The worker was flown back to London on Thursday and was expected to be taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London. Greening also noted that four other military healthcare workers, who had been in close contact with the patient, were being assessed.
The testing of the four other healthcare workers, Greening said, is “a purely precautionary move.”
“Our Armed Forces, our health workers, our diplomatic and my development staff are risking their lives to help Sierra Leone defeat this terrible disease and stop it spreading beyond West Africa,” Greening added. “It is vitally important that we do it.”
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