The New York Times reports that an employee of the U.N. is currently undergoing treatment for Ebola virus in France:
A U.N. worker is currently undergoing treatment for Ebola in France. There are currently no other known cases in the country.
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France was treating a United Nations employee who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, the health ministry said in a statement posted Sunday on its website.
The statement said the patient, who “worked in the fight against Ebola,” was transferred to a military hospital near Paris, after being evacuated “by special aircraft.”
He was placed in isolation “under high security,” it added.
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