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U.S. health-care worker with possible exposure to Ebola evacuated to NebraskaBy Lena H. Sun Lena H. Sun National reporter focusing on health An American health worker who was possibly exposed to Ebola while treating patients in Congo was evacuated to the United States on Saturday and placed in a secure area at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, hospital officials said. The person has no symptoms of the deadly hemorrhagic fever and is not contagious, but will be monitored closely for up to two weeks, hospital officials said.If symptoms develop and the person tests positive for the disease, the individual will be admitted to the medical center’s biocontainment unit. The person was treating patients outside the urban epicenter of the outbreak and had contact with a patient who was later diagnosed with Ebola, according to U.S. officials.“We are not aware of any other United States citizens with potential exposures to Ebola at this time, and there is no health risk to the U.S. public due to this evacuation,†according to a statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The individual was flown back to the United States in a private plane, not commercial aircraft.Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/12/29/us-health-care-worker-with-possible-exposure-ebola-evacuated-nebraska/
