She had cared for the man, the Ebola of Africa had brought in the United States. And while in the hospital are strict safety precautions and wear protective clothing doctors and nurses, a nurse infected in the State of Texas with Ebola. She had reported on Friday night with a slight fever and was quarantined, authorities said.
Infected the woman with the Liberians, who was flown to the United States in late September and had developed after four days of Ebola symptoms had. Eric Thomas Duncan died last Wednesday morning at the Hospital Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas. The nurse said to have had with the 42-year-old on his second visit to the emergency room “close contact”.
How exactly they could have, however, been infected, was initially unclear. The nurse is aware of no error. “The person had followed the stipulations of the CDC: Suit, gloves, mask, goggles,” said Daniel Varga of the Texas Health Authority on Sunday in Dallas. Maybe the woman could have taken the face-it was said by the health authority CDC for possible error source.
U.S. President Barack Obama has called for a rapid reconnaissance of the circumstances. The health authority CDC must reappraise transparent as it could get, despite strict security measures to the infection, Obama called according to a statement from the White House.
Ebola in the USA:Apartment and car are decontaminated
The health authority CDC now fears that more people could have been infected. The entire treatment team now stand among Ebola suspected. “I want to say it clearly. It is possible that there will be more cases here in the United States,” said CDC chief Tom Peace on Sunday in Atlanta. But according to the data the US-nurse had apparently only contact with a person while she was contagious. The mayor of Dallas, Mike Rawlings, said the apartment and the car of the woman would be decontaminated.
The health status of US-nurse was stable, said Sunday from the hospital. CDC chief peace, according to the blood of the woman contains only a few viruses, so the hope for a recovery is great.
On New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport travelers from countries with Ebola are now being examined for possible symptoms. The four other major U.S. airports should follow. The protection of American citizens have highest priority, said Martin Cetron of the CDC. But: “No matter how many of these steps, we perform the risk can not be reduced to zero.” The CDC expected daily around 150 travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
U.S. President Barack Obama was informed of the new case in Texas in knowledge. He said on Sunday with the White House, the State authorities should immediately consider additional measures to ensure that hospitals and health care facilities follow instructions when an ebola patient will admitted.
Ebola in the USA:Israel introduces controls for the Ben Gurion Airport
Israel has also introduced special controls for travelers from these three countries. They should be questioned in great detail, that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu office said. This applies to the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv and all border crossings and seaports.
Similar tests in Germany are not planned. There is the opinion of the Federal Health Minister Hermann Gröhe (CDU) is no reason for concern.
The state of nursing assistant Teresa Romero in Madrid had stabilized at the weekend. This announced the Ebola Special Commission of the Spanish government. The woman had been infected in the treatment of a flown in from South Africa Ebola sufferers. It was the first Ebola transmission from person to person in Europe. In Germany two Ebola patients are currently being treated, one in Frankfurt am Main, the other in Leipzig.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now registered more than 8000 Ebola cases in the three most affected by Ebola countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 4,000 people died. Experts also expect a high number of unreported cases.
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