Ebola Patient Expected to Fly Through Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK), Maryland

 

FREDERICK, Md. - A woman suffering from the Ebola virus will travel through the four-state area Thursday night on her way to further treatment.

Nina Pham, one of the two nurses who contracted Ebola in Dallas, is expected to fly through Frederick Municipal Airport. Rick Johnson, the airport manager, has confirmed that she will fly in and arrive in Frederick late on Thursday evening.

The nurse will then be transferred to an isolation unit at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Frederick mayor Randy McClement said that the State Department is arranging the transport of Pham at the request of the CDC, and is using the same air charter service that they used to fly Americans that were infected with Ebola from Africa.

"This transfer is being handled by experienced professionals who have coordinated the transport of many similar cases without incident," McClement said. "The safety of our community is of the utmost importance to me, and I have been assured that every precaution will be taken to move the patient safely and securely and to provide critical care en route."

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