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A British healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone was rushed back to receive treatment on a Royal Air Force jet yesterday.
A Department of Health spokesman said the man, who is not “seriously unwell,” was flown into RAF Northolt in west London.
He was due to be transported to Britain’s only high-level isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London.
It is the first confirmed case of a Briton contracting the deadly virus during the recent outbreak.
The identity of the patient, who lived in Sierra Leone, has not been disclosed.
There is no cure to Ebola and outbreaks have a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent.
But health experts insisted that the risk to the British public from Ebola is “very low.”
Deputy chief medical officer Professor John Watson said: “This patient will be isolated and receive the best care possible.”
