Officials in London stated that a British military healthcare staff has been tested for Ebola with positive results in Sierra Leone. He is being flown back to Britain, while four others are going through further assessment of their condition.
The identification of the healthcare staff, who came in contact with the disease, has not been revealed as of yet. He was being transported in a medically equipped plane and will go under treatment in an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. This is Britain’s designated Ebola treatment centre.
On board of the medically equipped plane are two more military healthcare staffs who has not yet been diagnosed with Ebola but they require further analysis since they came in contact with the diagnosed staff. They will be kept under observation at the Royal Free Hospital.
There are two more military healthcare staffs that are currently under assessment in Sierra Leone before any constructive decision is being taken on whether to evacuate them back to Britain or still continue their current residency in Sierra Leone.
The healthcare staff that has been tested positive came into exposure of the virus in a frontline care facility for Ebola patients.
Britain is the formal colonial ruler of Sierra Leone, and as of now the headcount of military personal deployed from Britain in this West African Nation for assisting them in order to battle the virus is somewhere between 600 to 700.
Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are the three worst affected nations to have been suffering from this disease. Ebola has taken lives of almost 10,000 people in these 3 nations combined.
The only ray of hope is that the rates of new infection have lowered rapidly in the last few months. Just last week, Liberia has released its last Ebola patient from its healthcare unit, although as of March 10, 2015, Sierra Leone still has 127 patients remaining in its Ebola treatment centers.
