An American who was being monitored for Ebola after returning to the U.S. from overseas developed Ebola symptoms and was transported to a hospital in the Los Angeles area, according to an LA Times report.
The identity of the person was not disclosed, and the hospital where the patient was transferred to was also not disclosed. The person was taken to the hospital in a "specially prepared ambulance that is designed to protect the driver and other health professionals from exposure," according to the LA Times.
The person was being monitored for the Ebola virus as part of a screening program run by the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department. The SBCPHD worked with the state department of public health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make the decision to transfer the patient as a precautionary measure.
There are eight hospitals in California that are Ebola treatment centers, according to the CDC, and two are in Los Angeles — Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center and the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center.
There is currently one confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. right now, as an American who contracted the virus in West Africa was flown to the U.S. for treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. Other Americans were flown home from West Africa for Ebola screening, but none of those Americans have developed Ebola.