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Ebola-infected British healthcare worker to be brought home

Xinhua, March 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

A British military healthcare worker who has been diagnosed with Ebola in Sierra Leone will be brought home by a RAF plane for treatment, the BBC said Thursday.

The woman, who has not been identified, was assessed by experts prior to the decision to bring her home for treatment.

The Ministry of Defense said an RAF C17 aircraft had flown to Sierra Leone with an Ebola expert from the Royal Free Hospital in London on board.

The worker is the third British citizen to test positive for Ebola since the epidemic broke out in West Africa.

Two other British citizens, nurses Will Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey, have fully recovered from Ebola after being infected with the virus in West Africa.

They were both flown back to Britain and treated at a specialist unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Between 600 and 700 British servicemen and servicewomen are reportedly working in Sierra Leone to help fight Ebola.

More than 9,800 people have died from Ebola in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. Endi