A group of 10 Americans potentially exposed to Ebola were evacuated from Sierra Leone Saturday because they may have been in contact with the American who contracted Ebola there, according to The New York Times.
The healthcare workers are with Partners in Health, a Boston-based charity, and are colleagues with the clinician who tested positive for Ebola and is being treated at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., according to a statement from Partners in Health.
These 10 Americans were transported via noncommercial aircraft to be near either the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the NIH Clinical Center or Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They have agreed to stay in voluntary self isolation with active monitoring for the duration of Ebola's 21-day incubation period.
None of these Americans tested positive for Ebola as of Saturday, according to the CDC.