NBC News Cameraman From Providence Diagnosed With Ebola

BOSTON (CBS) – A NBC News cameraman in Liberia, originally from Providence, Rhode Island, has been diagnosed with Ebola. Ashoka Mukpo, 33, was on a freelance assignment for the network in Monrovia, reporting on the Ebola outbreak. His father, Dr. Mitchell Levy, said Mukpo will be transported to the isolation unit at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha Sunday, the same facility where Holden Dr. Rick Sacra was treated for Ebola last month. According to NBC, Mukpo started showing symptoms on Wednesday, when he ran a fever and began feeling tired and achy. He was tested for the virus Thursday and it came back positive just under 12 hours later, the network reported on its website Friday. The other four members of the NBC News team are feeling well and not showing symptoms of the Ebola virus, according to the network. Mukpo is the fifth American infected with Ebola.  He is currently being treated at the Doctors Without Borders Clinic in Monrovia. His mother, Diana Mukpo, told WBZ-TV Chris McKinnon Friday her son is “very, very frightened, But his spirits are relatively good.” “We intend to go wherever he ends up,” she said. Diana Mukpo (WBZ-TV) Mukpo said her son’s virus is in the “early stages” and she is optimistic he will be cured. Ashoka told his mother he has an idea of how he may have contracted Ebola. “At one point he was trying to help decontaminate a car. He had most of the protective gear on, but he thinks something might have splash...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Ashoka Mukpo Camerman CBS Boston Chris McKinnon Diana Mukpo Dr. Mitchell Levy Ebola Ken MacLeod Liberia Mark Katic Monrovia NBC News Source Type: news