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| Second American Ebola Victim Nancy Writebol |
A second American infected with the Ebola virus in west Africa will shortly be flown to the US for treatment, Liberian officials say. Nancy Writebol was expected to leave on a specialised aircraft for Atlanta at 01:00 local time on Tuesday.
Her son said Ms Writebol, who was in Liberia with a Christian aid group, "is still struggling" but that "there seems to be improvement". The outbreak has killed more than 800 people in the region.
On Monday, Nigeria recorded its second Ebola case - one of the doctors treating a man who died from the virus after his arrival from Liberia. The Nigerian Federal government has confirmed that a medical doctor who came with Ebola Virus victim, Patrick Sawyer has been hit with the deadly virus. Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, told reporters in Abuja on Monday that the doctor that treated Sawyer, the Liberian who died of Ebola in Lagos, has contacted the disease.
Meanwhile another American infected with the virus, Dr Kent Brantly, arrived in the US on Saturday and was said to be improving at a quarantine unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
After the plane landed at an air reserve base outside the city, Dr Brantly was brought to hospital by an ambulance alongside a police escort. Dressed entirely in white protective clothing, he walked into the hospital himself.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola but patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.
Both American patients received an experimental treatment, according to international relief group Samaritan's Purse, which Dr Brantly works for.
It was originally reported only Ms Writebol had received a serum, using blood from a child who had survived Ebola under Dr Brantly's care.
Ms Writebol has received two doses and is showing improvement, said Palmer Holt, a spokesman for her aid organisation, SIM.
Mr Holt said she was walking with assistance on Monday and her appetite had improved.
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