Ebola Dallas patient number two has been confirmed. After the death of the first US Ebola infected patient Thomas Duncan had passed away last week, another case of Ebola has been confirmed. The victim is reported to be a health worker who had been in contact with Duncan. Neighbors of the Ebola Dallas patient are now concerned over their own welfare.
The Ebola outbreak has killed over 4,000 people in West Africa and the number of infected individuals continue to grow in numbers. In the US, the first case of Ebola had been noted in a Dallas patient named Thomas Duncan. Despite the continuous treatment, Duncan died last week and now an Ebola Dallas patient number two has been identified.
The second Ebola Dallas patient is a health worker who had provided care for Thomas Duncan at the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. The nurse despite having worn full gear had still been infected with the virus. Diagnosis of Ebola was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.
The director of Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas Frieden, claim that the second Ebola Dallas patient had occurred due to a breach in protocol. Apart from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the investigation, federal officials are also on the case. Additional staff will be headed out to Texas with regards to the second Ebola Dallas patient case.
With regards to the Ebola Dallas patient confirmed to have been infected by Thomas Duncan, the patient is a female nurse who first reported symptoms of fever. She had then been isolated and tested.
Despite the isolation and early prevention, neighbors of the Texas nurse are concerned for their own well-being. With the infection so close to home, the neighbors of the second Ebola Dallas patient are in disbelief and shock altogether.
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