By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) – Up to 100 people may have had direct or indirect contact with the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States, and four of his relatives have been quarantined in their homes as a precaution, health officials said Thursday. Dallas County […]
The Dallas Ebola patient had come into contact with as many as 100 people, according to Texas health officials. This figure is significantly higher than initially thought. http://rt.com/usa/192568-texas-ebola-patient-contact/
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly vi… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/texas-ebola_n_5919522.html
Back in August, it only took Mt. Sinai Hospital workers in New York seven minutes to isolate and start treating a man who they suspected of having Ebola. Other U.S. hospitals have also speedily screened and tested suspected Ebola patients, all withou… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/hospital-ebola-preparatio_n_5916756.html
DALLAS (AP) — The airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa, the hospital said Wednesday in a… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/ebola-texas-liberia_n_5915038.html