A senior adviser to
Sierra Leone's president says a third doctor has died from Ebola, marking a
setback in the country's fight against the virulent disease.
Reports says Presidential
adviser Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said Wednesday that Dr. Sahr Rogers had been working
in a clinic in the eastern town of Kenema when he contracted the virus.
News of
his death came as a Senegalese epidemiologist working in Sierra Leone was
evacuated to Germany for medical treatment. He had been doing surveillance work
for the World Health Organization.
Ebola is
spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of people sick with the virus.
Health workers have been the most vulnerable because of their proximity to
patients. The WHO says more than 120 health workers have died in the four
affected countries.
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