Possible Ebola Exposure Sends 10 Aid Workers Back to U.S.

At least 10 American aid workers who may have come into contact with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone were preparing on Saturday to be evacuated to the United States, according to a United States Embassy spokeswoman in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown. They will be the largest number of Americans returned home over fears of exposure to the virus since an outbreak in three West African countries was declared last year.

An American clinician with Ebola was flown from Sierra Leone to the National Institutes of Health’s clinical center in Bethesda, Md., on Friday. He tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, and health workers feared that he had exposed others to it. But so far, none of the other 10 aid workers have developed symptoms, said the embassy spokeswoman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to talk to the news media.
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“The U.S. takes care of its U.S. citizens,” she said. “We’re doing everything we can to give them excellent support.” An investigation is continuing, and more workers will be evacuated if necessary."