Liberia: First French Ebola Patient to Be Airlifted Home

A French volunteer for the Doctor Withouth Borders (MSF) NGO, infected by the Ebola virus in Liberia, was to be airlifted to Paris on Thursday. The woman is the first French national working in affected areas, to contract the virus .

"She will be repatriated to France in conditions of maximum security in a specially dedicated air ambulance," said the French health ministry without giving further details about when exactly the patient would be airlifted.

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