Ten US aid workers who were possibly exposed to Ebola are being evacuated back to America from Sierra Leone.
On Friday, it was announced that a US aid worker back from Sierra Leone had tested positive and was being treated in hospital near Washington DC
The evacuees may have been in contact with the Ebola patient and are being flown back on non-commercial transport.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said none were currently showing Ebola symptoms.
They will stay in voluntary isolation for a 21-day incubation period. If any start to show symptoms they will be taken to one of the three hospitals which are equipped to deal with Ebola cases.
On Friday, the CDC sent a team of Sierra Leone to investigate how the healthcare worker became exposed and determine who might have been in contact with the infected person.
The patient is being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.
It is the 11th person with deadly virus to be treated in the US.
More than 100,000 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak.
On Saturday, was evacuated from Sierra Leone after coming into contact with a British Ebola case.
Source:BBC
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