Patient Tests Positive For Ebola In US

A patient at a hospital in Dallas, Texas has tested positive for Ebola to become the first case ever diagnosed in the United States, Texas health officials stated.

According to a statement sent out Monday night by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. it said that the patient was being isolated based on his or her symptoms and recent travel history.

It was gathered from the spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, Carrie Williams, that specimens from the patient were tested by a state lab and confirmed Tuesday by a separate test by the Centers for Disease Control.

Confirming the situation during a press conference held in Dallas Tuesday afternoon, Tom Frieden, M.D., Director of the Center for Disease Control, said that the unnamed patient did not show any symptoms when leaving Liberia on 19 September or entering the U.S. on 20 September.

It was revealed that the patient sought treatment on 26 September and was admitted to a hospital on 28 September.

During his first visit to the hospital, he complained of illness but was released before returning Sept. 28 as his condition worsened.  A hospital official said it wasn’t until then that they discovered he was in West Africa.

Dr. Edward Goodman with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital  informed that there isn’t any more ZMapp available, which is an experimental drug that was used on two previous Ebola patients.

However, Frieden said the hospital is discussing if experimental treatments would be appropriate.



State health officials described the patient as seriously ill but was able to communicate and was hungry.

According to Dallas Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Norman Seals, the Ebola patient was transported to the hospital by three crew members from Fire Station 37, who are now in reverse isolation at home.

He also stated that the ambulance that the Ebola patient traveled in is being quarantined, saying it was used 48 hours after the patient was transported to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Frieden stated that there was no risk to anyone on the airplane the patient came into the US because the man had no symptoms at the time of the flight

hmmm afta 9ja has battled all cases of ebola na nw USA wan start nd dey stil says 9ja is lagging behind.