Posted on 12/03/2014 7:01:17 PM PST by Nancy29
An American health care worker in West Africa “who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus” is being transported to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for observation and potential treatment.
In a statement released at 5:45 pm Eastern time tonight, officials indicated that the health care worker would be monitored in the hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit. No arrival time was released and no other patient information was available. The Emory statement stated that they, “cannot share more details out of respect for patient privacy and in accordance with the patient’s wishes.”
It’s not clear whether the patient has been tested for Ebola infection or why they are being transported in the absence of a confirmed infection.
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