A British health worker who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is on her way back to the UK for specialist treatment.
The woman, known to be working for the British military in Kerry Town, will be transported to London's Royal Free Hospital later.
An investigation has been launched into exactly how she fell ill, at the same British-run clinic where Scottish Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey contracted the virus.
Ms Cafferkey had volunteered with Save The Children at the Ebola Treatment Centre in January before returning to the UK before making a full recovery.
A Public Health England spokesperson said: "An investigation is currently under way and tracing of individuals in recent contact with the diagnosed worker is being undertaken.
"Any individuals identified as having had close contact will be assessed and a clinical decision made regarding bringing them to the UK."
An estimated 700 British servicemen and women have been deployed to Sierra Leone to help in the response against Ebola, which swept through west Africa last year.
They have helped build and staff medical centres such as the Kerry Town Ebola Crisis Centre which opened in November last year, along with a number of volunteers from Britain's state-run National Health Service.
The 80-bed hospital is managed by Save the Children. It has several beds reserved for health workers who fall ill with the potentially deadly virus.
Almost 24,000 people have been infected with Ebola since December 2013, almost all in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The outbreak has killed more than 9,500 people in West Africa.
Liberia last week discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital. No new case has been registered in the country since 19 February.
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