Dr. Kent Brantly, an American doctor, contracted the disease while working in Africa. This is the first time that a person infected with the deadly virus has been on U.S. soil.
An American physician who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working to fight the disease in Africa landed in Atlanta on Saturday, reports the Associated Press.
An ambulance departs Dobbins Air Reserve Base on Aug. 2 in Marietta, Ga.
AP Photo/Mike Stewar
Dr. Kent Brantly, a physician who became infected in Liberia, was rushed to the Emory University hospital, where he will receive specialized treatment.
He is the first Ebola patient to ever land in the United States. Nancy Writebol, another American health worker, will also be treated at Emory but has yet to arrive in the country.
AP Photo/JPS Health Network)
The Ebola virus, which has a mortality rate of upwards of 60%, has killed more than 700 people in several countries in West Africa.
Dr. Kent Brantly ® wears protective gear while treating a patient at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.
Handout / Reuters
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