Possible ebola contacts now up to 80
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He also said a control order has been issued to the family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the man identified by The Associated Press as the victim of the often-fatal virus. Thompson said that means the family members are confined to their apartment and the front and back areas, such as the patio. Original story Parents rushed to get their children from school Wednesday after learning that five students may have had contact with the Ebola patient in a Dallas hospital, as Gov. Rick Perry and other leaders reassured the public that there is no cause for alarm. The patient, identified by The Associated Press as Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia, arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 20 to visit family. Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson said county officials suspect that 12 to 18 people may have had contact with Duncan. “Right now, the base number is 18 people, and that could increase,” he said. Thompson said more details are expected by Thursday afternoon. The number includes five students at four schools, Dallas school district Superintendent Mike Miles said. “This case is serious,” Perry said during a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where Duncan is being treated. “Rest assured that our system is working as it should. Professionals on every level on the chain of command know what to do to minimize this potential risk to the people of Texas and of this country.” Miles said Dallas school officials learned Wednesday morning that five students at four schools — Tasby Middle, L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary, Dan D. Rogers Elementary and Conrad High — had come in contact with Duncan. Lowe Elementary is also being watched because it connects to Tasby. “Since none of the students had symptoms, I’m pretty confident that none of the kids were exposed,” Miles said. At L.L. Hotchkiss, parents pulled their children out of school early. “I’m scared,” said parent Kia Collins, who has four children at the school ages 5 to 11. “I may keep them home all week.” District officials said they plan to have counselors and translators reach out to parents: 32 languages are spoken just at Conrad High. “That’s one of the reasons we’re here is we don’t want misinformation getting out there,” Miles said. “We found out this morning, and then we had a press conference.” He urged parents to keep their children in school, but some were wary. Marcie Pardo said she picked up her 8-year-old daughter, Soriah, within minutes of being notified by school officials. “To find out this is a school where it is happening, what are the odds?” Pardo said. “I’m sure there could have been some kind of contact somewhere.” A letter to parents of children at Hotchkiss, 6929 Town North Drive, said the school was notified Wednesday that “one of our students may have had contact with an individual who was recently diagnosed with the Ebola virus.” The letter goes on to say that the student has no symptoms, has been told to stay home and is under observation by the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department. “… There is nothing to suggest that the disease was spread to others, including students and staff,” the letter says. The Ebola virus is not spread through the air but through contact with bodily fluids — sweat, blood, saliva and other secretions. Dallas victim carried Ebola patient in Liberia When Duncan arrived in the U.S., he was not showing any symptoms, officials said. But The New York Tim es reported Wednesday that he had contact with an Ebola patient Sept. 15, four days before he left Liberia for the United States, according to the parents of the woman who had Ebola and Duncan’s neighbors in Liberia. Marthalene Williams, 19, was taken by taxi to a hospital with Duncan’s help Sept. 15 after failing to get an ambulance, her parents, Emmanuel and Amie Williams, told The Times. She was convulsing and seven months pregnant. Duncan was a family friend and a tenant in a house owned by the Williams family. He rode in the taxi in the front passenger seat while Marthalene Williams, her father and her brother, Sonny Boy, shared the back, her parents said. Duncan helped carry Marthalene Williams, who was no longer able to walk, back to the family home that evening, neighbors said. “He was holding her by the legs, the pa was holding her arms, and Sonny Boy was holding her back,” said Arren Seyou, 31, who witnessed the scene and occupies the room next to Duncan’s in Monrovia. Just like Duncan, Sonny Boy, 21, became ill about a week ago, his family said. An ambulance came to their house Wednesday to pick up Sonny Boy. A woman and her daughter from the same area were also picked up by an ambulance while a team came to retrieve the body of yet another woman. The Times reported that all four appeared to have been infected from a chain reaction that began with Marthalene Williams. Reuters and other media outlets reported that Duncan traveled through Brussels on his way to the U.S. View photos This version of Total HTML Converter is unregistered.
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DALLAS — The num b e r o f p o s s i b l e c o n t a c ts w i t h t h e E b o l a p a t i e n t i n D a l l a s h a s r is e n t o 8 0 , s a i d Z a c h a r y T h o m p s o n , D a l l a s Coun ty H e a l t h a n d H u m an Se rv i c e s d i r ec to r Thurs d a y .
He a l s o s a i d a c o n t r o l o r d e r h a s b e e n i s s u e d t o t h e f a m i l y o f T h o m a s Eric Dunc a n , t h e m a n i d e n t i f i e d b y The As s o c ia ted P res s a s t he v i c t im o f t he o f t en - f a ta l v i rus . T h o m p s o n s a i d t h a t m e a n s t he f am i l y m e m b e r s a re c o n f i n e d t o t h e i r a p a r t m e n t a n d t h e f r o n t a n d b a c k a r e a s , s u c h a s t h e p a t i o .
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Paren ts rus h e d t o g e t t h e i r c h i l d r e n f r o m s c h o o l W e d n e s d a y a f t e r l ea rn i ng t ha t f i v e s t u d e n t s m a y h a v e h a d c o n t a c t w i t h t h e E b o l a p a t i e n t i n a D a l l a s h o s p i t a l , a s Gov . Ric k Perry a n d o t h e r l e a d e r s reas s u r e d t h e p u b l i c t ha t t he re i s n o c a u s e fo r a la rm .
T h e p a t i e n t , i d e n t i f i e d b y The As s o c ia ted P res s a s T h o m a s Eric Dunc an o f L i be r i a , a r r i v ed i n t he U .S . on Sep t . 20 t o v i s i t f am i l y . Da l l as Coun ty H e a l t h a n d H u m an Se rv i c e s Direc to r Zac h a r y T h o m p s o n s a i d c o u n t y o f f i c i a l s s u s p e c t t h a t 1 2 t o 1 8 p e o p l e m a y h a v e h a d c o n t a c t w i th Dunc a n .
“R igh t now, t he bas e n u m ber i s 1 8 p e o p l e , a n d t h a t c o u l d i n c r e a s e , ” he s a i d . T h o m p s o n s a i d m o r e d e t a i l s a re ex p e c t e d b y Thu rs d a y a f t e r n o o n . T h e n u m b e r i n c l u d e s f iv e s t u d e n t s a t four s c h o o l s , Da l l as s c h o o l d i s tr ic t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t M i k e M i l e s s a i d .
“Th i s c a s e i s s e r i o u s ,” Perry s a i d d u r i n g a n e w s c o n f e r e n c e a t T e x a s Hea l th Pres b y te r i an Hos p i t a l D a l l a s , where Dunc a n i s be ing t r ea ted . “Res t as s u red t ha t ou r s y s t e m is work i n g a s i t s h o u l d . P r o f e s s i o n a l s o n e v ery l e v e l o n t h e c h a i n o f c o m m a n d k now wha t t o do to m i n i m i z e t h i s p o t e n t i a l r i s k t o t h e p e o p l e o f T e x a s a n d o f t h i s c o u n t r y .”
M i l e s s a i d D a l l a s s c h o o l o f f i c i a l s l e a r n e d W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g t h a t f i v e s t u d e n t s a t four s c h o o l s — Tas b y M idd le , L . L . Ho t c h k i s s E lem e n t a r y , Dan D. Rogers E lem e n t a r y a n d C o n r a d H i g h — h a d c o m e i n c o n t a c t w i th Dunc a n . L o w e E l e m e n t a r y i s a l s o b e i n g w a t c h e d b e c a u s e i t c o n n e c ts t o Tas b y .
“S inc e n o n e o f t h e s t u d e n t s h a d s y m p t o m s , I ’m pre t ty c o n f i d e n t t h a t n o n e o f t h e k i d s were ex p o s ed , ” M i l e s s a i d .
At L .L . Hotc h k i s s , pa ren t s p u l l e d t h e i r c h i l d r e n o u t o f s c h o o l e a r l y .
“ I ’m s c ared , ” s a i d p a r e n t K i a C o l l i n s , who has four c h i l d r e n a t t h e s c h o o l a g e s 5 to 11 . “ I m a y k e e p t h e m h o m e a l l w e e k .”
Dis tr ic t o f f i c i a l s s a i d t h e y p l a n t o h a v e c o u n s e l o r s a n d t r a n s la to r s reac h o u t t o p a r e n t s : 3 2 l a n g u a g e s a re s p o k e n j u s t a t Conrad H igh .
“Tha t ’ s o n e o f t h e r e a s o n s we ’ re he re i s we don ’ t wan t m i s i n fo rm a t i o n g e t t i n g o u t t h e r e , ” M i l e s s a i d . “ W e f o u n d o u t t h i s m o r n i n g , a n d t h e n w e h a d a p r e s s c o n f e r e n c e. ”
H e u r g e d p a r e n t s to k e e p t h e i r c h i l d r e n i n s c h o o l , b u t s o m e were wary . M arc i e Pa rdo s a i d s h e p i c k e d u p h e r 8 - y ea r -o l d daugh te r , So r i ah , w i t h i n m i n u t e s o f b e i n g n o t i f i e d b y s c h o o l o f f i c i a l s .
“ T o f i n d o u t t h i s i s a s c hoo l whe re i t i s h a p p e n i n g , w h a t a r e t h e o d d s ?” Pardo s a id . “ I ’m s u re t he re c o u l d h a v e b e e n s o m e k i n d o f c o n t a c t s o m ewhere . ”
A l e t t e r t o pa ren ts o f c h i l d ren a t Ho t c h k i s s , 6929 Town Nor th Dr i v e , s a i d t h e s c h o o l w a s n o t i f i e d W e d n e s d a y tha t “ one o f ou r s t u d e n t s m a y h a v e h a d c o n t a c t w i t h an i nd i v i d u a l w h o w a s rec e n t l y d i a g n o s e d w i t h t h e E b o l a v i rus .”
T h e l e t t e r g o e s on t o s a y t ha t t he s t u d e n t h a s n o s y m p t o m s , h a s b e e n t o l d t o s t a y h o m e a n d i s u n d e r o b s erv a t i o n b y t h e D a l l a s Coun ty H e a l t h a n d H u m an Se rv i c e s Depar tm e n t .
“… There i s n o t h i n g t o s u g g e s t t ha t t he d i s e a s e was s p r e a d t o o t h e r s , i nc l u d i n g s t u d e n t s a n d s ta f f , ” the le t te r s a y s .
T h e E b o l a v i rus i s no t s p r e a d t h r o u g h t h e a i r b u t t h r o u g h c o n t a c t w i t h bod i l y f l u i d s — s w e a t , b l o o d , s a l i v a a n d o t h e r s e c r e t i o n s .
Dallas victim carried Ebola patient in Liberia
W h e n D u n c an a r r i v ed in the U .S . , he was no t s h o w i n g a n y s y m p t o m s , o f f i c i a l s s a i d .
But T h e New York T im e s r e p o r t e d W e d n e s d a y t h a t h e h a d c o n t a c t w i t h a n E b o l a p a t i e n t S e p t . 1 5 , f o u r d a y s be fo re he l e f t L i be r i a f o r t he Un i t ed S ta tes , ac c o r d i n g t o t h e p a r e n t s o f t he wom a n w h o h a d E b o l a a n d D u n c a n ’ s n e i g h b o r s i n L i b e r i a .
M a r t h a l e n e W i l l i a m s , 19 , was tak e n b y tax i t o a h o s p i t a l w i t h Dunc a n ’ s h e l p S e p t . 1 5 a f t e r f a i l i n g t o g e t a n a m b u l a n c e , h e r p a r e n t s , Em m a n u e l a n d A m i e W i l l i a m s , t o l d T h e T i m e s . She was c o n v u l s i n g a n d s e v e n m o n t h s p r e g n a n t .
Dunc a n w a s a f am i l y f r i e n d a n d a t e n a n t i n a h o u s e o w n e d b y t h e W i l l i a m s fam i l y . He rode i n t he t ax i i n t h e f r o n t p a s s e n g e r s e a t w h i l e M a r t h a l e n e W i l l i a m s , he r f a t he r and he r b ro the r , Sonny Boy , s h a r e d t h e b a c k , he r pa ren t s s a i d . D u n c a n h e l p e d c arry M a r t h a l e n e W i l l i a m s , who was n o l o n g e r a b l e t o w a l k , b a c k t o t he f am i l y h o m e t h a t e v e n i n g , n e i g h b o r s s a i d .
“He was h o l d i n g h e r b y t h e l e g s , t he pa was h o l d i n g h e r a r m s , a n d S o n n y Boy was h o l d i n g h e r b a c k ,” s a id A r ren Sey ou , 31 , who w i t nes s e d t h e s c e n e a n d o c c u p i e s t he r oom n e x t to Dunc a n ’ s i n M o n r o v i a .
J u s t l i k e D u n c a n , S o n n y Boy , 2 1 , b e c a m e i l l a b o u t a w e e k a g o , h i s fam i l y s a i d .
A n a m b u l a n c e c a m e t o t h e i r h o u s e W e d n e s d a y t o p i c k u p S o n n y Boy . A wom a n a n d h e r d a u g h t e r f r o m the s a m e a rea we re a l s o p i c k e d u p b y a n a m b u l a n c e w h i l e a t e a m c a m e to re t r i ev e t h e b o d y o f y e t a n o t h e r w o m a n . T h e T i m e s r e p o r t e d t h a t a l l f o u r a p p e a r e d t o h a v e b e e n i n f e c ted f rom a c h a i n r e a c t i o n t h a t b e g a n w i t h M a r t h a l e n e W i l l i a m s .
Reute rs a n d o t h e r m e d i a o u t l e t s r epo r ted t ha t Dunc an t r av e l e d t h r o u g h B r u s s e l s o n h i s way to the U.S.
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T h e f e d e r a l C e n t e r s for Dis e a s e Con t ro l and P rev e n t i o n t y p i c a l l y no t i f y a n a i r l i n e w h e n t h e y l e a r n t h a t a n i n f e c t i o u s pe rs on t r av e l e d o n t h a t c a r r i e r . The a i r l i ne t hen t u rns o v e r t he f l i gh t m a n i f e s t t o the CDC, and hea l th o f f i c i a l s no t i f y o t h e r p a s s e n g e r s w h i l e t h e a i r l i n e d e a l s wi th c rew m e m b e r s .
I n t h i s c a s e , t he CDC to l d Un i t ed bu t no t t he pub l i c wha t f l i gh t s t he m a n t o o k . I n an i n te r v i e w W e d n e s d a y w i th The As s o c ia ted P res s , Dr . Thom a s Fr ieden , the CDC d i rec tor , s u g g e s t e d t h a t d o i n g s o w o u l d d i v e r t p u b l i c h e a l t h r e s o u r c e s away f rom c o n t r o l l i n g a n o u t b r e a k .
He s a id the CDC was foc u s e d o n f i n d i n g a n y o n e w h o c a m e i n c o n t a c t w i th Dunc a n a f t e r h e b e g a n s h o w i n g s y m p t o m s .
The AP repo r ted t ha t Dunc a n ’ s s i s ter , M a i W u r e h , s a i d he r b ro the r wen t t o t he Da l l as e m e r g e n c y room F r i day a n d w a s s e n t h o m e w i t h a n t i b i o t i c s . He t o l d he r t ha t hos p i t a l o f f i c i a l s a s k e d f o r h i s Soc i a l S e c ur i t y n u m b e r a n d t h a t h e s a i d h e d i d n ’ t h a v e o n e b e c a u s e h e w a s v i s i t i ng f r om L i b e r i a .
T e x a s Hea l th Pres b y te r i an rep res e n t a t i v e s m a i n t a i n e d W e d n e s d a y t h a t t h e h o s p i t a l a c t e d a p p r o p r i a t e l y .
“He was n o t e x h i b i t i n g s y m p t o m s c o n s i s ten t w i th k e e p i n g h i m . I f the pers o n i s n o t e x h i b i t i n g t h e s y m p t o m s , t h e r e w o u l d b e n o r e a s o n t o k e e p t h e m ,” Tex a s Hea l th Res o u r c e s s p o k e s m a n W e n d e l l W a t s o n s a i d . “ T h a t ’ s a j u d g m e n t c a l l o n e o f t h e c arr iers w o u l d h a v e t o m a k e . W e a r e f o l l o w i n g u p a s we l l as the CDC and Tex a s Depar tm en t o f S ta te Hea l th Se rv i c e s .”
A n o t h e r T e x a s Hea l th Res o u r c e s rep res e n t a t i v e , C a n d a c e W h i t e , r e l e a s e d a s t a t e m e n t W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n s a y ing , i n pa r t , t ha t when Dunc an a r r i v e d F r i d a y , “ t he pa t i en t p res e n t e d w i t h l o w g r a d e f e v e r a n d a b d o m i n a l p a i n . H i s c o n d i t i o n d i d n o t w a r r a n t a d m i s s ion . ”
Dunc a n w a s l i s t e d i n s e r i o u s c o n d i t i o n W e d n e s d a y , Wh i t e s a i d i n a s t a t e m e n t .
T h e D a l l a s F i re-Res c u e a m b u l a n c e c rew tha t t rans p o r t e d t h e p a t i e n t h a s b e e n q u a r a n t i n e d a n d t h e a m b u l a n c e t a k e n o u t o f s erv i c e , a c c o r d i n g t o a s t a t e m en t f rom Da l l as . Bu t the c h i l d r e n a n d o t h e r s who c a m e i n c o n t a c t w i th Dunc a n h a v e n o t b e e n q u a r a n t i n e d . N o n e o f t h e p a r a m e d i c s i n t h e a m b u l a n c e t e s t e d p o s i t i v e f o r E b o l a , T h o m p s o n s a i d .
D a l l a s Coun ty J u d g e C l a y J e n k i n s s a i d c o u n t y o f f i c i a l s a re fo l l ow ing the CDC’s l e a d . I f t h e p e o p l e w h o c a m e i n c o n t a c t w i th Dunc a n d i d n o t i s o l a t e t h e m s e l v e s , m ore s e r i o u s s t e p s c o u l d b e t a k e n , J e n k i n s s a i d .
J e n k i n s s a i d c o u n t y h e a l t h o f f i c i a l s w o u l d b e “ t h e b o o t s o n t h e g r o u n d ” t o g e t o u t t h e m e s s a g e t o r e s i d e n t s o f t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d w h e r e D u n c a n h a d b e e n . B u t m a n y p e o p l e i n t h a t n e i g h b o r h o o d , V i c k ery M e a d o w i n n o r t h e a s t Da l l as , s a i d t h e y h a d l e a r n e d a b o u t t h e E b o l a c a s e f rom t h e h o r d e s o f repor te rs c o m b i n g t h r o u g h t h e a r e a .
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“We a re c l o s e l y m o n i t o r i n g t h e E b o l a c a s e i n D a l l a s . The re a re no c a s e s or k n o w n c o n t a c ts i n Ta r ran t Coun ty a t t h i s t im e,” s a i d V i n n y T a n e j a , t h e a g e n c y ’ s d i r ec to r . “We fee l c o n f i d e n t t h a t r e s i d e n t s i n ou r c o m m u n i t y a re s a fe . ”
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P a t i e n t s w h o h a v e t h o s e s y m p t o m s a n d w h o h a v e b e e n i n c o n t a c t wi th s o m e o n e b e l i e v e d t o h a v e E b o l a o r w h o h a v e b e e n i n L i b e r i a , S i e r r a L e o n e , G u i n e a o r N i g e r i a i n t h e p a s t 2 1 d a y s s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d a p e r s o n u n d e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d s h o u l d b e t e s ted , t he a l e r t s a y s .
T h e a l e r t n o t e s t ha t t he v i rus d o e s n o t g e n e r a l l y s p read t h rough a i r , wa te r o r f ood , ex c ep t i n A f r i c a , w h e r e h a n d l i n g o r e a t i n g r a w b u s h m e a t c a n s p r e a d i t .
The CDC s a i d W e d n e s d a y t h a t a t e a m o f 1 0 e x pe r t s had a r r i v e d i n D a l l a s t o as s i s t l oc a l o f f i c i a l s — th ree s e n i o r s c i e n t i s ts w i th ex pe r t i s e i n p u b l i c h e a l t h i n v e s t i g a t i o n s a n d i n f e c t i o n c on t ro l , f i v e e p i d e m i c i n t e l l i g e n c e s erv i c e o f f i c ers , a p u b l i c h e a l t h a d v i s e r a n d a c o m m u n i c a t i o n s o f f i c er .
“We a re s t o p p i n g E b o l a i n i t s t rac k s i n t h i s c o u n t r y , ” F r i eden s a i d i n a n e w s r e l e a s e . “We c a n d o t h a t b e c a u s e o f two t h i ngs : s t r o n g i n f e c t i o n c on t ro l t ha t s t o p s t he s p r e a d o f E b o l a i n h e a l t h c a r e ; a n d s t r ong c o r e p u b l i c h e a l t h f u n c t i o n s to t rac e c o n t a c ts , t rac k c o n t a c ts , i s o l a t e t h e m i f t hey h a v e a n y s y m p t o m s a n d s t o p t h e c h a i n o f t r a n s m i s s i o n . I a m c er ta in we w i l l c o n t r o l t h i s .”
E b o l a h a s i n f e c ted a few Am er i c a n s who t rav e l e d t o W e s t Afr ic a , i n c lud ing Dr . Ken t B ran t l y , w h o d i d h i s res i d e n c y a t J ohn Pe te r Sm i th Hos p i ta l i n Fo r t Wor th . B ran t l y , who s urv i v ed , was d o i n g m i s s i o n a r y work i n L i b e r i a w h e n h e w a s i n f e c t e d .
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Dr. Edward Goodm a n , l e f t , e p i d e m i o l o g i s t a t Tex a s Hea l th Pres b y te r i an Hos p i t a l D a l l a s , and Dr . M ark L e s t e r , S o u t h e a s t Z o n e c l i n i c a l l e a d e r f o r T e x a s Hea l th Res o u r c e s , l i s t en to a repo r te rs q u e s t i o n d u r i n g a n e w s c o n f e r e n c e a b o u t a n E b o l a i n f e c t e d p a t i e n t t h e y a re c a r i ng f o r i n Da l l as , T u e s d a y , S e p t . 3 0 , 2 0 1 4 . F e d e r a l h e a l t h o f f i c i a l s c on f i rm ed t he f i r s t Ebo la c a s e d i a g n o s e d i n t h eUn i t ed S ta tes .
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