STORY HIGHLIGHTS
A "close contact" of the nurse is
being monitored, says CDC
The worker helped care for an
Ebola patient multiple times, CDC
director says
He says there was a breach in
protocol and his agency is
investigating
Nurse was wearing protective gear
when she helped care for Thomas
Eric Duncan
(CNN) -- The deadly Ebola virus has
been contracted by someone inside
the United States for the first time.
A nurse who had worn protective gear
during her "extensive contact" at a
Dallas hospital with an Ebola patient
who died tested positive during a
preliminary blood test, officials said
Sunday.
The woman had on a gown, gloves,
mask and a shield during her
multiple visits with Thomas Eric
Duncan, but there was a breach in
protocol, health officials said.
The patient is a nurse at Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, an
official who is familiar with the case
told CNN.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta conducted
testing on the blood sample, and
confirmed the results Sunday,
marking the first known transmission
of Ebola in the United States and the
second diagnosis in the country. She was involved in Duncan's care
after he was placed in isolation -- his
second trip to the hospital after
coming to the United States from
Liberia -- said Dr. Tom Frieden, the
director of the CDC.
The nurse is in stable condition,
Texas Health Resources chief clinical
officer Dan Varga said. Duncan, the
first person to be diagnosed with
Ebola in the United States, died
Wednesday.
What's a hospital supposed to do if
an Ebola patient shows up?
The nurse had "extensive contact" on
"multiple occasions" with Duncan,
Frieden said.
"At some point, there was a breach
in protocol, and that breach in
protocol resulted in this infection,"
he said at a news conference Sunday.
"The (Ebola treatment) protocols
work. ... But we know that even a
single lapse or breach can result in
infection."
Also, Varga said that someone who is
a "close contact" of the nurse has
been "proactively" placed in
isolation.
The hazardous materials unit of the
Dallas Fire Department has cleaned
up and decontaminated the public
areas of the health worker's
apartment complex, Mayor Mike
Rawlings said. Police are keeping
people out of the area and are
talking to residents nearby.
"We have knocked on every door on
that block," the mayor said.
Hazardous materials units have also
cleaned out the nurse's car and will
work on her apartment Sunday.
"This development is understandably
disturbing news for the patient, the
patient's family and colleagues and
the greater Dallas community," the
CDC said in a statement, announcing
the nurse's test results.
It sought to play down a wider risk.
"The CDC and the Texas Department
of State Health Services remain
confident that wider spread in the
community can be prevented with
proper public health measures,
including ongoing contact tracing,
health monitoring among those
known to have been in contact with
the index patient, and immediate
isolations if symptoms develop," the
CDC said.
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outbreak
Case was anticipated
"We knew a second case could be a
reality, and we've been preparing for
this possibility," Dr. David Lakey,
commissioner of the Texas
Department of State Health Services,
said in a statement Sunday morning.
"We are broadening our team in
Dallas and working with extreme
diligence to prevent further spread."
The nurse reported a low-grade fever
Friday night and was isolated, the
health department said. The
preliminary test result came in late
Saturday.
President Barack Obama received two
briefings Sunday on the second Dallas
Ebola case, including one from
Health and Human Services Secretary
Sylvia Burwell. According to a White
House statement, the President
wants federal authorities to
immediately take further measures to
ensure health care professionals are
able to follow protocols for treating
Ebola patients.
'A sign the system is working'
The news that a health care worker
might have the disease is not
completely unexpected, an infectious
disease specialist told CNN's "New
Day."
"I think we've always expected that
there may be another individual who
will come down with the Ebola from
the transmission of this one
particular person, and we always felt
that it was going to likely be one of
his close contacts or one of the
health care workers, because that's
the way this virus works," Dr. Frank
Esper said.
For Ebola caregivers, enormous fear,
risk and bravery
Esper said Texas officials have been
keeping a close eye on people who
had contact with Duncan.
"I will tell you that the fact that we
identified this individual so quickly is
actually to me a sign that the system
is working," he added.
Globally, the disease has wrought
catastrophic consequences.
The World Health Organization
estimates more than 8,300 people
have contracted Ebola during this
year's outbreak. Of those, more than
4,000 have died.
Ebola not very contagious
Ebola is actually difficult to catch.
People are at risk if they come into
very close contact with the blood,
saliva, sweat, feces, semen, vomit or
soiled clothing of an Ebola patient, or
if they travel to affected areas in
West Africa and come into contact
with someone who has Ebola.
Those stricken with Ebola suffer
ghastly symptoms, including
vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, fever
and internal bleeding.
Three countries -- Sierra Leone,
Guinea and Liberia -- have been
hardest hit. And many of those who
care for the ill have also come down
with the disease.
The World Health Organization
estimates at least 416 health care
workers have contracted Ebola, and
at least 233 have died.
In Liberia, health care workers are
threatening to strike if their work
conditions don't improve.
The first infection outside of Africa
happened in a nurse's aide in Spain,
Teresa Romero Ramos . She became
sick after she helped treat an Ebola-
stricken Spanish missionary.
Her case has prompted questions
from fellow medical professionals
about whether they are properly
equipped to safely treat Ebola
patients.
Spanish Ebola patient's condition
worsens, doctor says
Another search begins
For weeks, health officials have been
monitoring those who had contact
with Duncan before he was
hospitalized and isolated.
Duncan left Liberia on September 19
and arrived in Dallas on September
20. Four days later, he began feeling
ill; the following night, he went to
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
But despite telling a hospital worker
that he had arrived from Liberia,
Duncan was sent home with
antibiotics. He returned a few days
later and tested positive for Ebola.
And now, the search begins for all
the contacts whom the nurse came in
contact with.
"We need a whole new crew of
people to do contact tracing," said
Elizabeth Cohen, CNN senior medical
correspondent.
Because Ebola's incubation period
can last up to 21 days, the health
nurse's contacts will have to be
monitored for three weeks.
The Texas health department said
officials have interviewed the patient
and are identifying any contacts or
potential exposures.
"This is not an easy thing," Cohen
said. "Keeping track of large numbers
of people, taking their temperature
twice a day, making sure they
don't ... leave town, all of that is a
lot of work."
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/12/health/ebola/index.html

Go away EBO-FU...CKING-LA!

RIP in advance to all of them Americas, *tips hat*

Good luck America

Ebola must go....

darnley16:
RIP in advance to all of them Americas, *tips hat*

Lol, crazy dude. Why do you wish doom unto America? Their embassy denied you visa I reckon?

INNOisBACK:
Lol, crazy dude. Why do you wish doom unto America? Their embassy denied you visa I reckon?

haha na, I had to wish it to them sometime na, and its better I do it now, its Ebola we talking about bro, they all gonna die, infact they dead already, ,,,
Note:- the writer above has no joy or whatsoever in seeing Americans in Pain, if it sounded so, its nothing than Pure coincidence.

darnley16:
haha na, I had to wish it to them sometime na, and its better I do it now, its Ebola we talking about bro, they all gonna die, infact they dead already, ,,,
Note:- the writer above has no joy or whatsoever in seeing Americans in Pain, if it sounded so, its nothing than Pure coincidence.

yea or do u tink if all d americans got infected,are we safe here too?

aveiro:

yea or do u tink if all d americans got infected,are we safe here too?

of cos we are , TIN bro,