The Canadian scientists returning home from an Ebola virus lab in Sierra Leone over concerns for their health and safety aren't showing any signs of illness and will return to Canada on a private charter plane.
The Public Health Agency of Canada said the three workers are in good health and are returning as a precaution.
"The risk that any of them were infected is very low," the agency said in an email Thursday night. "As an added precaution, the employees will be returning on a private charter plane to Canada and will be monitored closely on their journey home and after they return."
Once they arrive, a quarantine officer and border officials will board the plane to assess their health.
The agency announced late Tuesday that it was pulling the team from a World Health Organization outpost at Kailahun, in eastern Sierra Leone. The agency said three people at their hotel complex tested positive for the Ebola virus.
Once the workers have been cleared for entry, they will travel to private residences where they will stay in voluntary isolation for the rest of the 21-day incubation period, avoiding their families and the community.
Meinie Nicolai, who co-ordinates the Ebola outbreak response for Doctors Without Borders in Brussels, doesn't blame the team for leaving.
"If there's stress in a team, you'd better take them out because they can make mistakes and mistakes can be fatal," Nicolai said.
But Nicolai added they will be missed because lab samples will now need to be taken to Kenema or Bo, a long distance away, to confirm or clear suspected Ebola patients.
"We're losing time and we're already fighting against the clock. People are still dying in Sierra Leone so we need that laboratory. That's the message we give to the Canadian government."
The agency said it's committed to helping in the response to the outbreak and is preparing to send another team to Sierra Leone once appropriate steps have been taken to ensure a safe living environment.
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