Credit: Reuters/Samaritan's Purse/Handout via Reuters
Dr. Kent Brantly (R) makes chlorine solution for disinfection at the case management center on the campus of ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.
The plane was carrying Dr. Kent Brantly, the spokesperson said, but could not provide a time for its arrival in the United States. The second Samaritan's Purse staff member, missionary Nancy Writebol, is due to be transported on a later flight, as the plane is only equipped to carry one patient at a time.
The charity said on Friday the medical evacuations should be completed by early next week.
(Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
Entities 0 Name: Liberia Count: 1 1 Name: Samaritan Count: 1 2 Name: Reuters\/Samaritan Count: 1 3 Name: ELWA Hospital Count: 1 4 Name: United States Count: 1 5 Name: Monrovia Count: 1 6 Name: Nancy Writebol Count: 1 7 Name: Robin Pomeroy Count: 1 8 Name: Daniel Flynn Count: 1 9 Name: Reuters Dr. Kent Brantly Count: 1 10 Name: Dr. Kent Brantly Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1m6mlUZ Title: Plane arrives in W. Africa to evacuate Americans infected with Ebola Description: Updated at 6 p.m. ET] A U.S. medical rescue team has arrived in West Africa to evacuate two Americans seriously ill with the deadly Ebola virus, doctors with Emory University Hospital said on Friday. Medics from the air ambulance have deemed Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol stable enough to transport.