It’s the first time someone is known to have contracted Ebola inside U.S. borders, and only the second known case of an infection outside Africa. The diagnosis adds pressure on the U.S. government to tighten controls aimed at stemming the spread of the virus that’s killed more than 4,000 people this year in three African nations.
“At some point there was a breach in protocol,” said Thomas Frieden, the CDC’s director, at a press conference in Atlanta today. “It is possible that other individuals were exposed.”
The caregiver had been in contact with the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, on multiple occasions, Frieden said. she wasn’t among the 48 people that had been under monitoring, he said. Those 48 may have been in contact with Duncan before he was placed in isolation.
The medical team members who helped care for Duncan once he was isolated at the hospital were responsible for monitoring their own conditions because they were considered to be at low risk, Frieden said.
Duncan died Oct. 8. He arrived from Liberia, one of the African nations being ravaged by Ebola, on Sept. 20 and didn’t begin showing signs of the disease until Sept. 24.
It’s the first time someone is known to have contracted Ebola inside U.S. borders, and only the second known case of an infection outside Africa. The diagnosis adds pressure on the U.S. government to tighten controls aimed at stemming the spread of the virus that’s killed more than 4,000 people this year in three African nations.
“At some point there was a breach in protocol,” said Thomas Frieden, the CDC’s director, at a press conference in Atlanta today. “It is possible that other individuals were exposed.”
The caregiver had been in contact with the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, on multiple occasions, Frieden said. she wasn’t among the 48 people that had been under monitoring, he said. Those 48 may have been in contact with Duncan before he was placed in isolation.
The medical team members who helped care for Duncan once he was isolated at the hospital were responsible for monitoring their own conditions because they were considered to be at low risk, Frieden said.
Duncan died Oct. 8. He arrived from Liberia, one of the African nations being ravaged by Ebola, on Sept. 20 and didn’t begin showing signs of the disease until Sept. 24.
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