RELIEF IN DALLAS AS DOZENS DECLARED EBOLA-FREE AFTER THREE WEEKS IN ISOLATION (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, October 20, 2014, 11:39

The first wave of people who may have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan have been declared Ebola-free after 21 days of twice-daily temperature checks, bringing welcome news to a Dallas hospital that was sent into a tailspin by the discovery of the virus.

At least 43 of the 48 people who may have come into contact with Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US, are no longer at risk of developing the virus, the Texas department of health announced in a statement Monday. Duncan died from Ebola on 8 October.

“Epidemiologists have worked around the clock to call and visit people who may have had any exposure, to make sure they were asymptotic and doing well,” Texas state health commissioner Dr David Lakey said in a statement.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/dallas-ebola-watchlist-virus-contact