Patient with 'High-Risk' Exposure to Ebola Cleared to Go Home to Virginia

A patient exposed to the Ebola virus was discharged Friday by the NIH Clinical Center, going home to a private residence in Virginia, according to a news release from NIH.

The NIH did not give any other information about the patient or where he or she lives in Virginia.

The center discharged the patient, an American nurse, who was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 11 following a “high-risk exposure to Ebola virus” while providing bedside nursing care in Sierra Leone, NIH said. The nurse was transported back to the United States in isolation via a chartered aircraft.

“We are happy to report that the patient has shown no clinical or laboratory evidence of Ebola infection and will complete 21 days of monitoring at a private residence in Virginia under the direction of the Virginia Department of Health,” the NIH noted.

“The patient feels well and has no fever,” the center said.

CDC guidelines pertaining to monitoring and isolation will be followed, NIH said, until the completion of the 21-day observation period from the time of reported exposure.

The special clinical studies unit is located at the NIH Clinical Center on its Bethesda campus. 

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