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An American freelance TV cameraman working for NBC News in West Africa is being flown back to the United States for treatment after testing positive for Ebola, the network said Thursday.
He is the fourth American to have contracted Ebola in Liberia.
The video journalist, 33 years old but not identified by name, reported symptoms on Wednesday and was running a slight fever. On Thursday he was tested for the virus at a treatment center, with the result coming back positive, NBC News said in a story posted on its website.
The freelancer had been hired Tuesday as a second cameraman for NBC's medical correspondent, Nancy Snyderman, who is in Monrovia, Liberia, reporting on the Ebola epidemic with three other NBC News employees.
"We are doing everything we can to get him the best care possible,'' NBC News President Deborah Turness said in a note to staff. "He will be flown back to the United States for treatment at a medical center that is equipped to handle Ebola patients."
Turness said Snyderman and others in her crew will be flown back to the United States on a private charter flight and will be quarantined in the United States for 21 days "in an abundance of caution.''
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She said none of the NBC employees have shown symptoms but are being closely monitored.
The cameraman also is a writer and has been working in Liberia on various projects for the past three years, NBC News said.
The network said it is withholding the cameraman's name at the request of his family.
Turness said the rest of the NBC News crew, including Snyderman, have no symptoms but are being monitored.
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