He started showing symptoms of the infection, including fever and aches, the next day he was employed by NBC News. Immediately after feeling sick Ashoka isolated himself and asked for medical advice. The Doctors
Without Borders test center in the capital of Liberia, where the man went, confirmed he had the Ebola virus disease.
The NBC news team will be evacuated to the United States of America on a private charter flight and put themselves under quarantine for 21 days.
Previously infected citizens of America included two aid workers – Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol – and Dr. Rick Sacra, who was working in a local hospital in Liberia. They were separately flown back to the US for treatment and they are all recovering.
The Ebola virus outbreak has already killed more than 3,000 people in five West African countries this year while a likely 5,800 people have been infected.
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