US CAMERAMAN IN LIBERIA DIAGNOSED WITH EBOLA (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 03, 2014, 14:00

A cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola and is to be flown home to the US for treatment.

The 33-year-old freelancer has been working in the country for three years for a number of media outlets, most recently NBC News.

More than 3,330 people have died in four West African countries in what has become the world's worst outbreak.

President Barack Obama has pledged federal support to contain the spread in the US, after the first case there.

A Liberian man diagnosed in Texas on Tuesday remains in a serious condition.

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