The Italian Air Force on today stated that an Italian nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus after returning from Sierra Leone has been moved to Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.
The Force said the transfer of the 27-year-old nurse from Sardinia was organised after his blood sample tested positive on Tuesday for the deadly virus.
The Italian Ministry of Health also said in a statement that the man, who worked in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the Emergency Medical Charity, flew back to Italy on May 8 and felt the first symptom of the disease two days later.
It said the hospital was expected to release a statement about the nurse’s condition.
The ministry further said that it was the second Ebola case treated in Italy.
It also noted that another emergency staff who worked in Sierra Leone, Dr. Fabrizio Pulvirenti from Sicily was hospitalised at the Spallanzani hospital in November and declared cured after 39 days.
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