first ebole case reported in somali sourced to amisom soldie

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FREETOWN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A battalion of 800 Sierra Leone soldiers awaiting deployment as peacekeepers in Somalia has been placed in quarantine after one of its members tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, military officials said on Tuesday.

The soldiers were due to relieve the West African nation's contingent already deployed with Somalia's African Union peacekeeping mission, known as AMISOM.

However, they will now be subject to a 21-day isolation period, a senior officer in Sierra Leone's army told Reuters, asking not to be named.

Colonel Michael Samoura, spokesman of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, confirmed that a member of the battalion had tested positive for the disease.

He said the soldier was infected after leaving without permission the military camp where the force is based.

More than 4,000 people have died in the worst epidemic of the viral haemorrhagic fever on record, most of them in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Cases of the disease have also been recorded in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the United States, but outbreaks in those countries have been contained so far. (Reporting by Umaru Fofana; Writing by Joe Bavier; Editing by Daniel Flynn)

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[Corruption1]

ibixiyoo ibixi

[barbarossa]

You think current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is bad, wait until it hits Somalia!

[gambit]

somalia with its anarchy is the perfect breeding ground for this virus. the U.N is probably already making arrangements to bring it to somalia and cause an outbreak. we must close all land and air travel from wanlaweynia.

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

At a time when all civilized nations are closing their doors to these people, somalis are lettting hundreds of the in. What a f-king bakhti race somalis have become.

[Amira143]

Good god I'm actually scared now. subhanAllah.

[Methylamine]

Good job Zoomalis, 25 years of killing each other over imaginary lineages

[Xildiiid]

[Corruption1]

This is what Mujahid Godane "RIP" was Jihaadin againts wuxuu ahaa nin meel dheer wax ka arka oo islahaa dadkaaga badbaadi laakiin mey fahmin. who ever the new Alshabaab leader is needs to step up attacks againts these bantus

[waraabe251]

Close border to wanlawiania

[Hodan94]

Scary.....