Who else did he infect? At least 12 people including five children came in contact with Ebola victim who was loose in Dallas for a WEEK before he sought help

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
By Paul Martin

A male patient who traveled to Dallas, Texas from Liberia is in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
He is first person diagnosed with Ebola in U.S. as CDC ‘disease detectives’ arrived in Texas today to track down anyone he came in contact with
Patient arrived in U.S. on September 20 but did not develop symptoms until September 24
He attended Texas Health Presbyterian on September 26 – but was dismissed with antibiotics
He was rushed to hospital two days later by ambulance and put in isolation
Frieden said there was no risk to anyone on the airplane because the patient had no symptoms at the time
However fears after he was mixing freely for four days while showing symptoms – when Ebola is contagious via bodily fluids

By Zoe Szathmary and Louise Boyle
DailyMailUK
1 October 2014

Up to 12 people could be infected with Ebola including five children, it was revealed today, as health officials scramble to contain the deadly virus following the first diagnosis on U.S. soil.

The family of the male sufferer, who recently arrived in Texas from Liberia, could be at risk,
ABC News reported on Wednesday. EMTs who transported the patient were also deemed at risk but had received the all-clear today.

The man, who arrived in Dallas on September 20, is said to be critically ill and has been kept in isolation since Sunday. The patient, has not been identified but is believed to be married and have children. He is ‘awake, talking and asking for food’, doctors said today.

However there are fears of the disease spreading because the man was in the U.S. for almost a week before being isolated.

The patient showed no symptoms of the disease while traveling but began to develop signs on September 24 and sought medical care two days later at Texas Presbyterian Hospital – where he was dismissed with antibiotics.

On September 28 he was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and quarantined before Ebola was confirmed. It raises the frightening prospect that he was mixing freely with others for a full four days while showing symptoms of the virus – the time when Ebola is most contagious.

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