There has been a first case of Ebola transmission taking place in the United States . This took place in the state of Texas in a hospital in Dallas where an Ebola patient was being treated. Previous cases have been of US citizens contacting it while they were in Africa. I think the US health authorities and government will be surely feeling the heat.

Culled from the BBC News: : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29590832

[b]A US health chief has said a mistake was "clearly" made by hospital staff treating an Ebola victim in Texas, resulting in one member being infected.

The woman, who got infected despite wearing full protective gear, is on an isolation ward in stable condition, awaiting confirmation of her diagnosis.

Dr Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said a full inquiry would be made.

He said 48 other people who may also have had contact were being observed.

The health worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was treating Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, health officials in Dallas say.

Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, died on Wednesday.

The current Ebola outbreak, concentrated in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, has resulted in more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases, and at least 4,033 deaths.

In other developments

The health authorities in Sierra Leone say they are now treating more Ebola patients in the capital Freetown than in the eastern districts of Kenema and Kailahun, where the first cases in the country were detected
European health officials investigating how a nurse in Madrid caught Ebola told the BBC they believe it was simply the result of an accident and the risks to the wider population remain very low
The UN special envoy on Ebola told the BBC the number of Ebola cases was currently increasing exponentially, but greater awareness would help contain the virus
'Clearly a breach'
Dr Frieden said a full investigation would be conducted into how the infection had occurred.

"Clearly there was a breach in protocol," he told US broadcaster CBS.

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Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from Washington
The CDC investigation, he told reporters, would focus on possible breaches made during two "high-risk procedures", dialysis and respiratory intubation.

The health worker who was infected has not been able to identify a specific breach of protocol that might have led to her being infected, he said.

Education and training of health workers would be stepped up, the CDC chief said, and efforts would be made to reduce the number of staff treating Ebola cases.

Dr Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, said the health worker had worn a gown, gloves, mask and shield when providing care to Duncan during his second and final hospital admission.

Following a positive preliminary test for Ebola, follow-up tests on the infected health worker are due to be completed on Sunday.

Police are guarding the apartment complex where the woman lives in Dallas as decontamination work is carried out.

Officials have been knocking on doors, making automated phone calls and passing out fliers to notify people within a four-street radius about the situation, while seeking to reassure local people.

No details of her identity or position at the hospital have been given, in accordance with family wishes....[/b]

God will help u guys d way he helped us

Chai!