A Center for Disease Control and Prevention employee has been transported back to the United States from West Africa after being exposed to an Ebola patient.
The CDC stressed on Wednesday that the worker is not sick and has no Ebola symptoms, hence poses no Ebola-related risk to the public.
The health agency explained that the worker had a 'low-risk contact' with an international medical worker who tested positive for the disease. This means that the employee worked within three feet of the Ebola-infected person while the patient had symptoms.
CDC added that the worker is not placed in isolation and can return to regular work at the CDC, but will be under monitoring for 21 days for symptoms of the disease.
The Ebola disease symptoms can manifest anywhere from a few days to three weeks.
The CDC policy states that staff exposed to Ebola are only allowed to 'travel long distance' by 'private means' for 21 days after the last contact. The staff who returned from West Africa was flown back to the country on a chartered plane.
