America: Doctors infected with Ebola are in danger

On November 17, information from the Nebraska Hospital (USA) confirmed the health situation of Sierra Leone's American doctor, Martin Salia is 'extremely bad' due to the Ebola virus infection.

According to AFP, Dr. Salia has been transferred from Sierra Leone, to the state of Nebraska since last weekend, after being found positive for the Ebola virus since November 10.

"He is very sick, his condition is counted every hour. We will do everything we can to help him cope with this disease" - director of the Department of Hygiene in Nebraska Hospital, This is one of the medical facilities in the US that is specialized in treating Ebola patients.

Special medical team put Dr. Marti Salia on an ambulance immediately after he was transferred by plane to Nebraska - (Photo: Reuters)

Dr. Salia is a surgeon working at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Sierra Leone. It is unclear whether his illness is related to taking care of Ebola patients because he does not work for any Ebola treatment unit in this country.

Dr. Salia is from Sierra Leone but lives in Maryland (USA), started showing symptoms of Ebola from November 6, but on November 10, new test results showed that he was positive for Ebola virus.

Sierra Leone is one of three heavily affected West African countries since the outbreak of Ebola this year. There have been 5 doctors in this country who died from Ebola and the situation in the country is complicated because the number of cases has suddenly increased to dozens of cases a day.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Homeland Security on November 16 jointly issued a joint statement that will strengthen the inspection and monitoring of the health status of US passengers from Mali.

These people, besides having to undergo rigorous body temperature testing at aviation gateways, also have to undergo health monitoring for 3 weeks and have to take body temperature measurements twice daily.

On the same day, the Chinese government deployed 160 doctors, communicators and nurses to join the fight against Ebola in Liberia.