US Sends Plane To Africa To Bring Home Americans Infected With Ebola us plane to evacuate

A U.S. medical rescue team has arrived in West Africa to evacuate two Americans seriously ill with the deadly Ebola virus, doctors with Emory University Hospital said on Friday. Medics from the air ambulance have deemed Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol stable enough to transport. The small private jet can carry only one patient at a time.

It was undetermined on Friday who would come back first. The patients will land at Dobbins Air Reserve Base before being transported 16 miles to a high-security isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Officials expect both will arrive by early next week.

The medical evacuations were arranged by the faith-based humanitarian group Samaritan’s Purse, but are being facilitated by the State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It will mark the first time that an Ebola patient has been known to be treated in the United States. “The safety and security of U.S. citizens is our paramount concern,” Marie Harf, a State Department spokesperson, said in a statement. “Every precaution is being taken to move the patients safely and securely, to provide critical care en route on a non-commercial aircraft, and to maintain strict isolation upon arrival in the United States.”

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