Ebola news blackout lifted as second wave of Ebola victims being shipped to America

‘A total of 18 people potentially exposed to the Ebola virus while working in Africa have been sent back to the United States for health monitoring, news media have reported.

All or nearly all of the people exposed were working for the nonprofit Partners in Health, which has been working to help end the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. When one of the healthcare workers contracted the disease, the others were potentially exposed while helping care for him before he was sent back to the United States for treatment.

The infected healthcare worker is currently in critical condition. None of the other 17 workers have tested positive for the virus.’

Read more: Ebola news blackout lifted as second wave of Ebola victims being shipped to America