Dallas braces for second Ebola case
By Elise Viebeck
TheHill.com
10/01/14
Dallas health officials are bracing for a possible second case of the deadly Ebola virus connected to the infected man now in isolation.
Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson said there is one particular contact of the patient who he fears may have Ebola.
“Let me be real frank to the Dallas County residents: the fact that we have one confirmed case, there may be another case that is a close associate with this particular patient,” Thompson said Wednesday morning in an interview with local ABC affiliate WFAA.
“So this is real. There should be a concern, but it’s contained to the specific family members and close friends at this moment.”
Thompson did not provide further detail about the potential case, only saying that he or she is under strict monitoring as a precaution.
A visitor to Dallas from Liberia was officially diagnosed with Ebola Tuesday afternoon, the first case ever confirmed outside of Africa.
Details are increasingly leaking out about the unidentified man. He arrived in the United States on a commercial flight on Sept. 20 and initially sought care for Ebola-like symptoms on Sept. 26.
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