The
nurse was attending to a patient when he got bitten and he has been flown to
Switzerland as a precaution
According
to reports, a nurse who was working in Sierra
Leone to aid efforts against Ebola has been bitten by a patient. AP
reports that the unidentified health worker with an international organization
was bitten by a child who was infected with the disease.
Swiss
authorities have reportedly said that the man has been flown to Switzerland as a
precaution.
The
nurse was wearing the requisite protective gear when he was bitten so he is
unlikely to have contracted the disease.
He
will be reportedly be kept under observation at Geneva's University Hospital
for the incubation period of three weeks.
The current Ebola outbreak has claimed over 2800 lives with Sierra Leone being one of the worst hit countries.
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