◼ The worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was monitoring herself for symptoms, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. The unidentified woman reported a fever Tuesday. She was in isolation within 90 minutes, Jenkins said. - Breitbart
Health officials said the worker was among those who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan, who was diagnosed with Ebola after coming to the U.S. from Liberia. Duncan died Oct. 8.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was conducting confirmatory testing of a preliminary Ebola test conducted late Tuesday at a state public health laboratory in Austin, Texas, which came back positive.
Emergency responders in hazardous materials suits began work before dawn Wednesday to decontaminate the Dallas apartment of the second hospital worker. Notices handed out to neighbors, advise them that "a health care worker who lives in your area has tested positive for Ebola."
It's not clear how the second health care worker contracted the virus, and authorities declined to say what position she holds at the hospital or the type of care she provided.
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Hospital's workers learned how to control Ebola as they went along...
Blood, vomit and diarrhea-soaked hazardous materials piled to ceiling...
Frieden regrets slow response...
Dallas Mayor: 'It May Get Worse'...
Hospital Cafeteria Abandoned...
CDC watching 125...
Researchers say more in USA based on flight patterns...
TX College 'Not Accepting International Students From Countries With Confirmed Cases'...
Lab Developing Device to Identify Ebola Virus in 10 Minutes...
WHO predicts 10,000 new cases -- per week...
Outbreak Expanding Geographically...
Liberia health ministry requests 79,940 body bags...
Death rate reaches 70%...
UN WARNS: 60 DAYS TO BEAT...
West Africans in US struggle to help...
HALLOWEEN EBOLA COSTUMES CAUSE CONTROVERSY..
Knowingly Traveled With 'Low-Grade Fever'...
PLANE MADE 5 FLIGHTS BEFORE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE...
Airline Stocks Nosediving...
Passenger Wears HAZMAT To Dulles Airport...
Panic Hits TV News Divisions...
CDC says it missed opportunities to contain...
Obama cancels fundraising trip...
