US worker who is not sick sent home over Ebola fear

A member of staff from the US Centers for Disease Control who worked in close proximity to someone infected by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has been flown back home to Atlanta by charter jet to monitor potential symptoms, officials said.

The worker had “low-risk” contact with someone who later tested positive for the virus in Sierra Leone, said Tom Skinner, a spokesman at the Atlanta-based CDC.