(MENAFN- QNA) A Korean health worker in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone will undergo 21 days of monitoring to determine if he has contracted the deadly virus, the government said.
The foreign and health ministries said in a joint statement carried by The Korea Times that the unidentified worker may have become infected as he was exposed to the contagious virus while collecting blood from an Ebola patient.
They added the worker will be carried to a hospital in Germany, Saturday (KST), for monitoring for a three-week period the maximum incubation period for the virus.
If confirmed as positive, he will be the first Korean Ebola patient.
The foreign ministry tried to quell speculation that the patient has been infected with the virus, saying it has yet to be confirmed.
The Korean worker’s left index finger "touched" the needle through a partly ripped glove, according to the government. It said the worker did not sustain any external injuries and has not shown symptoms of infection such as fever or vomiting.
The health worker is one of a 10 medical team sent by Korea to an Ebola clinic built by Britain in Goderich, near Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown.
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