(Bloomberg) -- An American freelancer in Liberia working for NBC News was diagnosed withEbola and will be flown back home for treatment, the latest case of the deadly virus to be treated in the U.S.
The 33-year-old cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo, was hired Sept. 30, NBC News said on its website today.
The case comes after a traveler from Liberia was found this week to have Ebola in the U.S., making him the first patient diagnosed in the country. At least three American aid workers who contracted the disease in Africa have been evacuated to U.S. hospitals, treated and discharged.
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