An American Cameraman For NBC News Has Ebola - And He's Coming Back To The US

An unnamed American freelance cameraman/writer in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment, NBC News reports.

The freelancer was hired by NBC on Tuesday to support Dr. Nancy Snyderman on assignment in Monrovia, but he came down with symptoms of the virus on Wednesday, according to NBC. On Thursday, he was diagnosed as having the virus.

The freelancer's condition comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control confirmed the first case of Ebola being diagnosed in the U.S. The male patient currently in intensive care in Dallas, Texas, also contracted the virus in Liberia.

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