A British healthcare worker potentially exposed to Ebola has been brought back to the UK for monitoring.
Public Health England (PHE) said the worker, who had potential contact with the deadly virus while in Sierra Leone, is being transported to the UK for assessment and monitoring.
“The individual has not been diagnosed with Ebola, does not currently have any symptoms and their risk of developing the infection remains very low,” a spokesman said.
On arrival in the UK they will be assessed in hospital and then monitored for any symptoms for the remainder of their 21-day incubation period.
PHE’s director for health protection and medical director, Professor Paul Cosford, said: “We are confident that all appropriate public health actions have been, and will continue to be, taken to support this individual and to protect the public’s health.
“The overall risk to the general public from Ebola remains very low. It’s important to remember, in choosing to volunteer this individual took a courageous decision to help those affected in West Africa, and to prevent the spread of Ebola any wider.”
