Italy's first case of Ebola confirmed "The procedures for transfer of the Italian doctor who is positive for Ebola do not present any risk to the community," Gianni Rezza, director of the Department of Infectious Disease at the Spallanzini clinic told the Corriere della Sera. We have been ready for this possibility and are already equipped to manage the situation. It is our moral duty to provide therapy and support to co nationals struck by Ebola: better here than in Sierra Leone. We can resolve this safely. There are currently 26 Italian doctors fighting the Ebola epidemic with Emergency in Sierra Leone, where the epidemic is spreading at a rate of 100 new cases a day. As part of a wider attempt to stem contagion to other areas of West Africa, Emergency on September 18 opened a small clinic in the coastal resort of Lakka, 10 miles west of the capital. It is there that the doctor became ill, according to Italian media reports. While the clinic is small, more than 100 doctors, nurses, logistics, cleaning and auxiliary staff from Italy, Serbia, Spain and Uganda work at the site. Emergency has been collaborating with the Department for International Development to open a 100-bed hospital near there in mid-December. In a press release, Emergency said staff "follows specific protection protocols to avoid contagion and diffusion of the virus. But even so, no medical interventions in a grave epidemic like this can be completely risk-free. "We have activated a reentry procedure and we are hopeful," Cecilia Strada, president of Emergency said in a report by the Turin daily La Stampa. All the personnel on site have been asked to communicate any possible symptoms so they can be isolated immediately. The group said due to privacy concerns neither the doctor, nor family members will be releasing statements.