US Set To Evacuate Ebola Victims From Liberia

The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in the United States, CDC, has announced that two Americans suffering from Ebola disease in Liberia will be evacuated back home in the next few days.

According to a statement released by the deputy spokeswoman of CDC, Marie Harf,  on Friday, 1 August, 2014, the two Ebola victims would be taken to the US to be cared for in strict isolation.

“The safety and security of US citizens is our paramount concern,” deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said, confirming the State Department was facilitating the medical evacuation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“Every precaution is being taken to move the patients safely and securely, to provide critical care en route on a non-commercial aircraft and to maintain strict isolation upon arrival in the United States.”

They will be “taken to medical facilities with appropriate isolation and treatment capabilities,” Harf added in her statement.

It would be recalled that Samaritan’s Purse, a US charity, has said that two of its staff members, doctor Kent Brantly and another American missionary worker, Nancy Writebol, were stricken with the virus in Liberia.

Both “are in stable but grave
condition,” the group said Thursday in a statement.

However, Harf declined to identify the two patients who would be evacuated due to privacy concerns.

Meanwhile, Emory University Hospital, in southern Georgia, has also said that it is preparing to receive “a patient with Ebola virus infection to its special facility containment unit within the next several days.”

STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATE ON EBOLA.

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