Contacts of First Dallas Ebola Patient Count Down to All Clear…(What about that “45 day” Period?)
By DEAN SCHABNER
ABCNews.com
Oct 19, 2014
All of the 48 people who had contact with the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States will no longer have to be monitored for the virus at the end of the day today, the Dallas official spearheading the county response said.
Thomas Eric Duncan’s fiancee Louise Troh and her family will have their active control order lifted at the end of the day, according to the Texas State Health Department.
“They will no longer need to stay home starting Monday,” the statement said. “Someone will formally bring the release to them on Monday.”
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins called this weekend a critical period in the response to Ebola after two nurses who were involved in the treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan contracted the disease.
He said it is “right in the middle of the hot zone” now for the health care workers who had contact with Duncan prior to his death on Oct. 8. Symptoms are most likely to begin to manifest within 8 to 10 days of exposure to Ebola.
One of the original 48 contacts with Duncan came off the list two days ago, and Jenkins said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release numbers of others who have come off the list in the last two days.
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