The American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in
a Sierra Leone treatment unit has been downgraded to critical condition at the
National Institutes of Health, doctors said Monday.
The agency
said in a statement that the patient's status was changed from serious
condition to critical condition, meaning the person's condition has apparently
worsened. The patient is being treated at the National Institutes of Health's
hospital near Washington.
The
patient was flown in isolation from Sierra Leone on a chartered plane last week
and arrived early Friday morning. The patient's name, age and gender have not
been released.
The person
is a clinician working with Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit
organization. The group has been treating patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone
since November.
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