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Ebola strikes fourth American
(MENAFN- Arab News) MONROVIA: The US prepared Friday to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia as the head of the UN's response agency headed to Sierra Leone to lead the fight against an epidemic he called the world's 'highest priority.'
Ashoka Mukpo 33 who was working as a freelancer for NBC news discovered he was running a fever on Wednesday his network said and is in quarantine in a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treatment center.
Hired by NBC only three days ago he is the fourth American to contract Ebola in Liberia.
'The doctors are optimistic about his prognosis' Mukpo's father Mitchell Levy said in a message to family and friends quoted by NBC adding that his son had worked on humanitarian projects in Liberia for several years.
'When the Ebola outbreak occurred he felt compelled to return to Liberia to help shed light on how the crisis was being handled socially and politically' Levy said.
NBC News president Deborah Turness said the rest of the crew in Liberia were being closely monitored but were showing no symptoms.
'However in an abundance of caution we will fly them back on a private charter flight and then they will place themselves under quarantine in the United States for 21 days which is at the most conservative end of the spectrum of medical guidance.'
Anthony Banbury head of the UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) traveled to Sierra Leone on Friday for the second leg of a tour of the three hardest-hit nations.
'The only way we will end this crisis is if we end every single last case of Ebola so there is no more risk of transmission to anyone and when that's accomplished UNMEER will go home' he told journalists on Thursday in the Liberian capital Freetown.
The UN envoy said he was intent on contributing to 'the highest priority for the international community for the whole world not just the United Nations.'
US health officials meanwhile were monitoring 100 people in Texas who had potential contact with a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola. Four family members were also ordered to stay home.
The man the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly disease on US soil flew from Liberia and arrived in Texas on September 20 to visit family.
The World Health Organization said in its latest situation update there was still a 'significant shortfall' in capacity in west Africa with 1500 more beds needed in Liberia and 450 in Sierra Leone.
Save the Children warned as the conference began that five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and demand for treatment beds is far outstripping supply.
If the current 'terrifying' rate of infection continues 10 people will be infected every hour with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone by the end of October the London-based charity warned.
Ashoka Mukpo 33 who was working as a freelancer for NBC news discovered he was running a fever on Wednesday his network said and is in quarantine in a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treatment center.
Hired by NBC only three days ago he is the fourth American to contract Ebola in Liberia.
'The doctors are optimistic about his prognosis' Mukpo's father Mitchell Levy said in a message to family and friends quoted by NBC adding that his son had worked on humanitarian projects in Liberia for several years.
'When the Ebola outbreak occurred he felt compelled to return to Liberia to help shed light on how the crisis was being handled socially and politically' Levy said.
NBC News president Deborah Turness said the rest of the crew in Liberia were being closely monitored but were showing no symptoms.
'However in an abundance of caution we will fly them back on a private charter flight and then they will place themselves under quarantine in the United States for 21 days which is at the most conservative end of the spectrum of medical guidance.'
Anthony Banbury head of the UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) traveled to Sierra Leone on Friday for the second leg of a tour of the three hardest-hit nations.
'The only way we will end this crisis is if we end every single last case of Ebola so there is no more risk of transmission to anyone and when that's accomplished UNMEER will go home' he told journalists on Thursday in the Liberian capital Freetown.
The UN envoy said he was intent on contributing to 'the highest priority for the international community for the whole world not just the United Nations.'
US health officials meanwhile were monitoring 100 people in Texas who had potential contact with a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola. Four family members were also ordered to stay home.
The man the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly disease on US soil flew from Liberia and arrived in Texas on September 20 to visit family.
The World Health Organization said in its latest situation update there was still a 'significant shortfall' in capacity in west Africa with 1500 more beds needed in Liberia and 450 in Sierra Leone.
Save the Children warned as the conference began that five people are being infected with Ebola every hour in Sierra Leone and demand for treatment beds is far outstripping supply.
If the current 'terrifying' rate of infection continues 10 people will be infected every hour with the deadly virus in Sierra Leone by the end of October the London-based charity warned.
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