The Force said the transfer of the 27-year-old from Sardinia was organised after his blood sample tested positive on Tuesday for the virus.
The Italian Health Ministry also said in a statement that the man, who worked in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the Emergency
Medical Charity, flew back to Italy on May 8 and felt the first symptom of the disease two days later.
It said the hospital was expected to issue a statement about the nurse’s condition.
The ministry added that it was the second Ebola case treated in Italy.
It noted that another emergency staff who served in Sierra Leone, Dr. Fabrizio Pulvirenti from Sicily was hospitalised at the Spallanzani hospital in November and declared cured after 39 days."
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