Members of a local Liberian association working with the UNICEF in Monrovia. (Agence France-Presse)
Monrovia, Liberia:
Liberia's United Nations peacekeeping mission says 41 staff members, including 20 military personnel, are under "close medical observation" after an international member of its medical team contracted Ebola.
The mission said in a statement late on Friday that the measures were precautionary and that none of the staff members had shown signs of Ebola.
The staffers were identified via contact tracing and will be observed for 21 days, which the World Health Organization says is the maximum incubation period.
The member of the medical team, whose name and nationality have not been disclosed, was diagnosed on Monday and arrived in Germany on Thursday for treatment, the third Ebola patient to be flown there.
It is the second case of a UN staffer contracting Ebola in Liberia. The first died on September 26.
The mission said in a statement late on Friday that the measures were precautionary and that none of the staff members had shown signs of Ebola.
The staffers were identified via contact tracing and will be observed for 21 days, which the World Health Organization says is the maximum incubation period.
The member of the medical team, whose name and nationality have not been disclosed, was diagnosed on Monday and arrived in Germany on Thursday for treatment, the third Ebola patient to be flown there.
It is the second case of a UN staffer contracting Ebola in Liberia. The first died on September 26.
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