American Journalist In Liberia Tests Positive For Ebola!

An American cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo (pictured above) working for US TV station, NBC News in Liberia, has tested positive for Ebola, making him the 5th American to have contracted the disease and the first journalist known to have contracted the virus in West Africa.

The freelancer had been working on the ground in West Africa with NBC Mews Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman and her crew.
He reportedly came down with symptoms of Ebola on Wednesday and immediately quarantined himself and sought medical attention

He then went to the Doctors Without Borders test center in Monrovia, Liberia where it was confirmed he had the disease. He is expected to be evacuated from Liberia to the United States immediately for treatment.

Four other NBC News team members who have shown no signs of the infection will also return to the US to undergo precautionary quarantine.

''Immediately after beginning to feel sick and discovering he was running a slight fever, the cameraman quarantined himself and sought medical advice. He then went to a Doctors Without Borders treatment centre to be tested for the virus, and the positive result came back less than 12 hours later'', NBC said.
"We are doing everything we can to get him the best care possible," NBC News President Deborah Turness said in a note to network staff. NBC News Report