Tuesday, September 30, 2014

CDC: First Ebola Patient In The U.S.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. 

That person has been held in "strict isolation" at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas as he or she was evaluated for possible exposure to the virus. The patient retured from Liberia on September 19th and did not get sick until the 24th.

The CDC will decide whether it is necessary to move the patient to another facility. There are five medical facilities in the U.S. that have high level isolation facilities. The CDC will also investigate how many people the patient has had contact with.

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