An
Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived Tuesday in Rome,
where he will receive specialist treatment, media reported.
The
doctor, the first Italian to be infected with the disease, was flown into the
military airport of Pratica di Mare, outside the capital.
The
doctor, who reports say is a 50-year-old man, was transported in a specially
sealed unit on board a military plane, TV pictures showed.
He will
be hospitalised at the Lazzaro Spallanzani national institute for infectious
diseases.
The
Italian health ministry said he has not yet developed feverish symptoms and his
general condition is good.
The
doctor was working for the charity Emergency at a clinic for Ebola victims when
he contracted the disease, which has killed nearly 5,500 people in its latest
outbreak in west Africa.
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