The first case of the deadly
Ebola virus diagnosed on US
soil has been confirmed in
Dallas, Texas. Officials at
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital say the unidentified
patient is being kept in
isolation.
The man is thought to have
contracted the virus in
Liberia before travelling to
the US nearly two weeks ago.
More than 3,000 people have
already died of Ebola in West
Africa and a small number of
US aid workers have
recovered after being flown
to the US.
“An individual travelling from
Liberia has been diagnosed
with Ebola in the United
States,” Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Director
Thomas Frieden told
reporters on Tuesday.
According to Frieden, the
unnamed patient left Liberia
on September 19 and arrived
in the US the next day to
visit relatives, without
displaying any symptoms of
the virus.
Symptoms of the virus
became apparent on
September 24, and on
September 28 he was
admitted to a Texas hospital
and put in isolation.
A hospital official told
reporters on Tuesday the
facility already had
procedures in place to deal
with any such potential
cases.
Preliminary information
indicates the unnamed
patient was not involved in
treating Ebola-infected
patients while in Liberia.
Health officials are working
to identify all people who
came into contact with the
unnamed patient while he
was infectious.
Those people will then be
monitored for 21 days to see
if an Ebola-related fever
develops.
According to Frieden, it is
possible a family member who
came in direct contact with
the patient may develop
Ebola in the coming weeks.
But “the bottom line here is I
have no doubt that we will
control this importation, this
case of Ebola, so it does not
spread widely in this
country,” he added. “We will
stop it here.”
The World Health
Organisation says more than
3,000 people have died of
the virus so far, mostly in
Liberia.
Earlier on Tuesday, the CDC
said the Ebola virus seemed
to be contained in Nigeria
and Senegal, with no new
cases reported there for
almost a month.
It is the world’s most deadly
outbreak of the virus.

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How about this headline
for d next news on Ebola;

“Dreaded Ebola Virus,
which has ravaged the
United States and part of West Africa…”