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Amanda L. Chan and Anna
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A person who
is said to have had contact with Dallas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was
taken to the hospital after reporting feeling ill, the city of Frisco, Texas,
announced Wednesday.
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported that
the person showing symptoms is an employee of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office,
and had been in the apartment Duncan was staying in before he was hospitalized
Sept. 28. Duncan passed away Wednesday morning.
WFAA reported that the patient is Sgt. Michael Monnig, and that Monnig went into the apartment unit without
wearing protective gear in order to have a quarantine order signed.
CDC Director Tom Frieden said that he
could not confirm whether or not the patient has definite symptoms of Ebola or
if he had direct contact with Duncan. The state had been monitoring 48 people
who may have come into contact with Duncan, but Frieden said that none of them
had exhibited any suggestive symptoms.
Read the statement from the City of Frisco below:
(October 8) At 12:32 p.m. today,
October 8, Frisco dispatch received a call from Care Now, 301 Main Street,
regarding a patient exhibiting signs and symptoms of Ebola. The patient claims
to have had contact with the Dallas ‘patient zero’. Frisco
firefighter-paramedics are in the process of transporting the patient. They are
also in the process of examining clinical staff and other facility patrons.
That number other people impacted is unknown. No other information is
confirmed, available at this time.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas also confirmed Wednesday that a patient was admitted to the hospital's
emergency room over possible exposure to the Ebola virus.
"Right now, there are more questions
than answers about this case," the hospital statement said. "Our
professional staff of nurses and doctors is prepared to examine the patient,
discuss any findings with appropriate agencies and officials. We are on alert
with precautions and systems in place. At the same time, we are caring for
routine cases which are completely separate in operations."
CBS News reporter J.D. Miles tweeted
this photo of employees being escorted out of the Care Now clinic:
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