Family members of Dallas Ebola patient confined to home under armed guard
DallasNews.com
02 October 2014
Four members of a family the U.S. Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Dallas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened.
Liberian authorities, meanwhile, said they would prosecute the man for allegedly lying on an airport questionnaire.
The unusual confinement order was imposed after the family failed to comply with a request not to leave their apartment, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Texas State Health Commissioner David Lakey said the order would help ensure the four can be closely watched, including checking them for fevers over the next three weeks.
“We didn’t have the confidence we would have been able to monitor them the way that we needed to,” he said.
The family will not be allowed to receive visitors, officials said.
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