Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Ebola Scare Sends Dallas Co Sheriff’s Deputy To Hospital

◼ Report: Man who may or may not have had contact with Dallas Ebola patient now exhibiting similar symptons; Update: Wasn’t being monitored - HotAir

◼ Update: Frisco officials say risk is low that sheriff’s deputy who visited Duncan’s apartment has Ebola - Dallas News
Frisco officials say the chances are small that the sheriff’s deputy who fell ill after visiting Thomas Eric Duncan’s apartment last week has Ebola.

“The risk is minimal,” said Frisco’s Mayor Maher Maso, but they are proceeding “with an abundance of caution.”

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said that this does not appear to be a case of Ebola. He isn’t showing typical symptoms and never came in direct contact with Duncan.

Frisco Fire Chief Mark Piland says the deputy is not among the 48 direct and indirect contacts being monitored closely, and health officials are treating this “as a low-risk event.” He says the patient told workers at CareNow, the Frisco urgent care facility where he went Wednesday, that he had been in Duncan’s apartment.

Piland said the patient was “minus a few” symptoms of Ebola, but he exhibited enough to trigger the preliminary screening process. As a result, he’ll be monitored for 48 hours.
◼ “We were told by federal officials, county officials that you would have to come in direct contact with Duncan or direct contact with bodily fluids, and he did not,” said Monnig’s son, Logan, about the possibility of his dad contracting Ebola. Logan said it’s a very scary time for his family, but they do not expect that his dad will test positive for the virus. - CBS DFW
◼ Breaking: New Ebola patient near Dallas? Update: Patient says he had contact with ‘patient zero'; Update: Patient is ‘exhibiting signs and symptoms of Ebola'; Update: Patient is reportedly being transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas; Update: Urgent Care clinic spokesman says patient did NOT come into contact with Thomas Duncan; Update: Photo of patient exiting Urgent Care clinic; Update: Local news outlet says patient is a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy who went inside Duncan’s apartment - Twitchy



◼ The deputy had been ordered to go inside the unit with officials to get a quarantine order signed on October 1. No one who entered the apartment that day wore protective gear. - ABC/wfaa

It will take up to 48 hours to get test results back to determine if Monnig tests positive for the Ebola virus.
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