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UK Ebola survivor to help save US victim
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A British nurse who survived Ebola has traveled to the United States to donate blood to an American still battling the disease, an experimental measure some scientists think can help patients fight off the virus.
British nurse William Pooley was one of those infected while working in Sierra Leone and was flown back to London in August for treatment, where he recovered.
The Foreign Office said yesterday that it had arranged for Pooley to get an emergency passport to fly quickly to the US — his previous passport was burned as part of efforts to stop further transmission of the disease.
An Ebola outbreak that has struck Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal is believed to have sickened nearly 5,000 people, about half of whom have died.
The World Health Organization said a total of 5,347 people had been infected, and that 2,630 had died.
There is no licensed treatment or vaccine for Ebola, but doctors have tried out novel drugs and treatments on a handful of patients in this outbreak.
A French nurse for Doctors Without Borders in Monrovia was being flown to Paris yesterday from Liberia, where she was infected. The woman, who first showed symptoms on Tuesday, was conscious and being taken to a hospital prepared to treat Ebola patients.
Since the Ebola outbreak began, at least seven international health workers have been taken abroad for treatment.
It was not disclosed which American patient would be receiving blood from Pooley. Two Americans are currently receiving treatment for Ebola in the US.
Doctors said on Wednesday that aid worker Rick Sacra, who is being treated in Nebraska, is now expected to make a full recovery. The other, a WHO doctor, has not been identified.
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