Ebola reaches Italy: Doctor who became the country's first victim of the disease is flown into Rome in specially sealed military plane
Unidentified doctor caught virus while working for charity in Sierra Leone
50-year-old was flown into Rome's Pratica di Mare military airport today
Taken to Lazzaro Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital for special care
Current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed nearly 5,500 people
Unidentified doctor caught virus while working for charity in Sierra Leone
50-year-old was flown into Rome's Pratica di Mare military airport today
Taken to Lazzaro Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital for special care
Current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed nearly 5,500 people
A doctor who became Italy's first Ebola victim after contracting the virus in Sierra Leone arrived back in his home country in a specially sealed military plane this morning.
He was flown into the military airport of Pratica di Mare, outside the capital Rome, and taken to a nearby hospital for infectious diseases, where he will receive specialist treatment.
The unidentified doctor, who reports say is 50-years-old, was working for the charity Emergency at a clinic for Ebola victims in Sierra Leone when he contracted the disease
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed nearly 5,500 people, making it the worst ever.
Contained: The doctor was flown into the military airport of Pratica di Mare, outside the capital Rome, and taken to a nearby hospital for infectious diseases, where he will receive specialist treatment
The 50-year-old doctor arrived at Rome's Pratica di Mare military airport in a specially sealed military plane
The doctor arrived in Rome this morning in a sealed unit on board a military aircraft, Italian television footage showed.
He will be hospitalised at the Lazzaro Spallanzani national institute for infectious diseases.
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