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Photo: Another American in Liberia tests positive for Ebola

An American cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo (pictured above) working for US TV station, NBC News in Liberia, has tested positive for Ebola, making him the 5th American to have contracted the disease and the first journalist known to have contracted the virus in West Africa.

The 33-year-old cameraman and writer started showing symptoms of the disease on Wednesday Oct. 1st and immediately quarantined himself after suspecting he might have contracted the disease.


He then went to the Doctors Without Borders test center in Monrovia, Liberia where it was confirmed he had the disease. He is expected to be evacuated from Liberia to the United States immediately for treatment.

Four other NBC News team members who have shown no signs of the infection will also return to the US to undergo precautionary quarantine.
at 10/03/2014 07:55:00 am

51 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 07:59

    Corret
    Lordemma4love50@yahoo.com

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  2. Unknown3 October 2014 at 07:59

    What are they still doing in Liberia?

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 11:02

      Are u really that stupid ?! If this was happening in nigeria won't you begging the U.S for help ?! Won't you beg them to come down and help .think b4 u comment

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    2. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 18:32

      What a stupid n wicked qus to ask

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  3. Kobii3 October 2014 at 08:02

    Sory bro.....

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  4. Alloy Chikezie3 October 2014 at 08:03

    He is so cute, I pray he survives.


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  5. BONARIO NNAGS3 October 2014 at 08:03

    I wish him quick recovery.
    Liberia needs help,Ebola is sweeping through the country,if care is not taken the losses recorded during their civil war will be way bigger than that of Ebola.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  6. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:03

    Na wah ooo,,,,,aliyuboniface@gmail.com

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  7. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:04

    Na wah ooo,,,,,aliyuboniface@gmail.com

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  8. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:04

    I like the way this guy acted,he quarantined himself if its a real liberian he will start looking for a country to fly to.God will have mercy on you for doing his.
    Faceoflib

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 11:41

      It's easy to quarantine yourself when you know your country has your back. In as much as I believe it's the right thing to do

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  9. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:05

    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    Ebola will never see me or my family..
    Eddreamzdreamer@gmail.com
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  10. mummy's girl3 October 2014 at 08:07

    Nigeria should ban all flights coming United state of America. We don't want Ebola virus in my beloved country

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  11. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 08:12

    Nah wah oooo, may God safe us ooooo. (eleyele1@yahoo.com)

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  12. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:21

    God save us from dis deadly ebola....

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  13. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:22

    This is serious.

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  14. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 08:29

    Hmmmm, nawa oooo. Mke nigeria close their borders ooooo! Abeg ooo. This ebola is threatening national existence of liberia, GOD please intervene. Abeg lindy post am biko

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  15. Subomi3 October 2014 at 08:30

    So sad... so now if flight from west Africa has been cancelled like that silly Donald Trump said, please tell me how this man will get home for proper treatment

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 12:55

      Wow! And I bin dey think say you get common sense before o. So you think they will out him on a commercial flight to sit next to healthy travelers? They will be sending him a private well-insulated/quarantined plane. He'll be in hazmat suit etc and will also be the only passenger on the plane, just like they did for the first 3 Americans contract Ebola in Africa. Thank me later

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  16. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:39

    Wish him a quick recovery.

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  17. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:39

    Wish him a quick recovery.

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  18. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:39

    Wish him a quick recovery.

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  19. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:39

    Wish him a quick recovery.

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  20. Unknown3 October 2014 at 08:39

    Wish him a quick recovery.

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  21. Neks3 October 2014 at 08:40

    no, they should be treated there in Liberia....this is injustice..lol

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 09:47

      Why should they? His country is doing the work they are supposed to do, safeguarding the life of its people home and abroad. So where is the injustice in that?

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  22. Funso Samuel3 October 2014 at 08:47

    These Americans get mind o.Get well soon dude

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  23. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 08:51

    Good for him...

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  24. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 08:58

    Hehehe for Liberia now if u get HIV u go thank God bcos u no go die immediatly


    ......SUNNY X...

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  25. QUEEN3 October 2014 at 09:05

    WoW he quarantined himself when the Liberian man went to US. Are u people seeing our African mentality? All we think in Africa is just wickedness that's how ebola was also brought to Nigeria and I thank God we fought it well

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 14:52

      For once, you're not making the amount of sense you should be making. The American man knows that any-which-way, help will come his way from America, they'll never leave him hanging. But for the Liberians, it might as well be a death-sentence unless their immune system combats the virus successfully; and that's never guaranteed. No Zmapp, quarantine facilities are horrendous, most Liberians go in there to die. Even the first American doctor said he knew he was just about to die right before his Zmapp arrived from America. The only people that seem to be doing the right thing are those who know they have a hope and help is coming. I am very much against what these people are doing by exposing otherwise healthy people to the virus. Sawyer, on the other hand could have been purely evil because choosing to fly to Nigeria doesn't even make any sense because we had our own problems like boko haram etc and our health system isn't top-notch. But other peeps are just desperate, it is more of desperation than wickedness. Most people would self-quarantine if they knew the help they need would surely come after. I just pray Africa gets the help she needs.

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  26. MY TURN3 October 2014 at 09:06

    As much as i can be selfish and say everyone needs to get out of Liberia i also pray this scourge will pass over that country it's getting really terrible. A holocaust of sorts.

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  27. ary3 October 2014 at 09:09

    Awwwww. For a while the world thought this ebola mess had being over and done with and then it decides to rear its ugly head. Luckily it hasn't claimed any lives yet.

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  28. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 09:11

    If it happens to be Africans,they would have gone around spreading the stuff....get well soon anyways .....#BALKAN

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  29. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 09:17

    Ngwanu, oya nau, lobatan
    US should now zmapp it
    lets go there

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  30. jerry3 October 2014 at 09:28

    Nawa o...... What are americans still doing in dah country sef.

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  31. Abraham Ndu3 October 2014 at 09:34

    Aww...dis is nt getting funny for US

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  32. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 09:43

    Americans r wicked treatn only der own mtchwwwwww

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  33. tina3 October 2014 at 09:51

    Wish you quick recovery... tina.agori@yahoo.com

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  34. Unknown3 October 2014 at 09:55

    This people can take a life risk
    I can't imagine myself
    I wish him quick recovery

    BORN TO SHINE!!!!

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  35. Unknown3 October 2014 at 09:59

    I wish u quick recovery too

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  36. STELLA3 October 2014 at 10:33

    so he quarantined himself but sawyer and duncan exported theirs and innocent pple rushed it like contra bound goods..LIBERIANS AND THEIR PRIMITIVE LIVES AND LIES..MTSEEEW dts how they lynched awareness campaign volunteers to death.Oga president abeg help us and this nation close our borders against liberians plssssss..

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    1. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 17:06

      The lynching happened in Guinea noy Liberia.

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  37. ukbliss3 October 2014 at 11:10

    I wish him quick recovery his one of a kind

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  38. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 12:29

    Kidnapper on d rampage,ladies run for ur lives oh,na guy pin be dat

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  39. Anonymous3 October 2014 at 12:36

    May God heal them all. by dobis112@gmail.com

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  40. christian3 October 2014 at 16:30

    A good guy .... The 33-year-old cameraman and writer
    started showing symptoms of the disease
    on Wednesday Oct. 1st and immediately
    quarantined himself after suspecting he
    might have contracted the disease.

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  41. Unknown3 October 2014 at 16:51

    Hmmm..god ooo na ur hand we dey

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  42. anonymous3 October 2014 at 22:55

    Beautiful scenario, i want to know what America will do to treat this American and the Liberian who are infected ard the same time.

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