An American
doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the
deadly virus.
33 year old
doctor Kent Brantly, who is the medical
director for the aid organization’s case management center in Monrovia, tested
positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital.
Brantly, 33,
has been working in Liberia since October 2013 as part of the charity’s
post-residency program for doctors. He was quoted in a posting on the
organization’s website earlier this year about efforts to maintain an isolation
ward for patients.
“The
hospital is taking great effort to be prepared,” Brantly said.
“In past
Ebola outbreaks, many of the casualties have been healthcare workers who
contracted the disease through their work caring for infected individuals.”
Two days
ago, a Liberian national who was suspected of having Ebola virus, died in
Nigeria. His death became the first recorded case of one of the world’s
deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous
nation, with 170 million people.
The Ebola
disease has killed 673 in several African countries since the outbreak began
earlier this year, with Liberia accounting for 106 deaths.
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