An ambulance carrying a UN peacekeeper with Ebola arrives at the University Medical Centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Photo: AFP
Amsterdam: A United Nations peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday for treatment, the Health Ministry said.
The man, a Nigerian who was not identified, was to be treated at the University Medical Centre Hospital in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, after arriving on a medical flight to Amsterdam.
The UMC has set up a special Ebola ward and the man will be treated in an isolated wing, the statement said.
Since the worst outbreak of Ebola on record was detected in March, it has infected some 17,256 people and killed 6113 in the three worst-affected countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea – according to the World Health Organisation.
Liberia – the country with the highest number of cases – has succeeded in lowering infection rates, and the virus is now spreading fastest in Sierra Leone. The former British colony recorded 537 new cases in the week to November 30.
Reuters