NBC cameraman diagnosed with Ebola and station's chief medical correspondent put in quarantine: News team flown back to U.S. from Liberia in new deadly virus scare
- Freelance journalist Ashoka Mukpo, 33, is being flown home for treatment
- His father Mitchell Levy says doctors are 'optimistic about his prognosis'
- Was working with the network's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman
- She and the rest of her team are also being flown back to the U.S. and will spend the next 21 days in quarantine
- 'The rest of the crew, including Dr. Nancy, are being closely monitored and show no symptoms or warning signs' said a statement from NBC
A cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has become the fourth American to contract the deadly Ebola virus.
Freelance journalist Ashoka Mukpo, 33, is being flown privately back to the U.S. for treatment, while the network’s chief medical editor and correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman and the rest of her team are also returning and will be placed in quarantine for 21 days.
Neither Snyderman nor the other members of her team are currently displaying any signs of the disease, said NBC.
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Ashoka Mukpo, 33, (left) is being flown back to the U.S. for treatment after being diagnosed with Ebola while NBC News' chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman is also returning and will spend 21 days in quarantine
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