Britain's Ministry of Defence said that the military health-care worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone yesterday is being flown to the U.K. for treatment, the BBC reported.
Two of her colleagues, who have not been diagnosed with the virus, are also being flown back as a precautionary measure.
Public Health England said a total of four other people had come into the contact with the woman, ITV News reported.
BuzzFeed News' report on the worker contracting the virus follows below.
A health worker with the British military helping to bring the Ebola outbreak under control in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the highly infectious disease, officials said Wednesday.
Public Health England, a U.K. government body, said it was assessing the medic's condition to ensure appropriate care is delivered.
"An investigation into how the military worker was exposed to the virus is currently underway and tracing of individuals in recent contact with the diagnosed worker is being undertaken," a spokesperson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
The group said it is yet to make a clinical decision on whether to medically evacuate the health worker to the U.K. for treatment.
It is also assessing individuals who have been in close contact with the health worker, some of whom may also face medical evacuation.
"The UK has robust, well-developed, and well-tested systems for managing Ebola and the overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low," the spokesperson said.
The medic is the third British citizen to test positive for Ebola, which has killed around 10,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.
Nurses William Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey, who both contracted the disease while volunteering to combat the health crisis in West Africa, were flown to the U.K. for treatment.
The British Ministry of Defence has sent 600–700 personnel to Sierra Leone in connection with the Ebola crisis, according to the BBC.