Thursday, October 16, 2014

Ebola outbreak: Jet passenger alert over US nurse

US health officials are seeking 132 people who flew on a plane with a Texas nurse on the day before she came down with symptoms of Ebola.The second person infected in the US, Amber Vinson, 29, fell ill on Tuesday. Both she and nurse Nina Pham, 26, had treated Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, who died a week ago in Dallas. A nurses' union has said those treating Duncan were not given full protection and had parts of their skin exposed. More than 70 healthcare workers who may have come in contact with him at the hospital are being monitored for symptoms, the hospital's director has said.

INC News, 16/10/2014-via BBC

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