(Reuters) - A Texas health worker who provided
care for the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the
United States has tested positive for the deadly
virus in a preliminary examination, a state health
official said on Sunday.
The health care worker at the Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital reported a low-grade fever
Friday night and was isolated and referred for
testing, the Texas Department of State Health
Services said in a statement.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and
we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr.
David Lakey, commissioner of the health service.
The first person in the United States diagnosed with
Ebola, Liberia citizen Thomas Eric Duncan, died in
an isolation ward of the Dallas hospital on Oct. 8, 11
days after being admitted.
The U.S. government has since ordered five
airports to start screening passengers from West
Africa for fever.
The number of people known to have died in the
worst Ebola outbreak on record has risen to 4,033
out of 8,399 cases in seven countries, the World
Health Organization said on Friday.
Liberia has been the worst affected country with
2,316 victims, followed by 930 in Sierra Leone, 778
in Guinea, eight in Nigeria and one in the United
States, WHO said.
(Reporting by Jason Neely)
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