FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone soldier has tested positive for Ebola but he is not a member of, and had no contact with, a battalion of peacekeepers waiting to deploy to Somalia, a government spokesman said Tuesday. The toll highlights the high risk of caring for Ebola patients even at well-equipped and properly staffed treatment centers. The country's chief medical officer put herself under quarantine about two weeks ago, after her office assistant died of Ebola. Fear of Ebola's spread has already slowed the deployment of a battalion of Sierra Leone troops, who were supposed to relieve soldiers serving with an African Union mission to protect the Somali government and fight...
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