Schoolchildren have come into contact with the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola on US soil, the governor of Texas has said.
At a news conference at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Rick Perry said the children were being monitored “at home” for symptoms.
The patient is thought to have contracted the virus in Liberia before coming to the US nearly two weeks ago.
He is in a serious condition, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
“Today we learned that some school-age children had been identified as having had contact with the patient and are now being monitored at home for any signs of the disease,” Perry said.
“Parents are extremely concerned about that development. These children have been identified and they are being monitored.”
Perry emphasised the disease could not be transmitted before a patient showed signs of the disease, and he said Texas had the medical infrastructure to prevent an outbreak.
“The public should have every confidence that the highly trained professional will succeed in this very important mission,” he said.
Meanwhile, in Liberia a government spokesman said the country had put in place “stringent screening” at the airport, where the man showed no symptoms or fever as he departed the country.
“What this incident demonstrates is the clear international dimension of this Ebola crisis,” Lewis Brown, the country’s information minister, said in a statement. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteSo almighty US is now Ebola country. I hope this will bring their stigmatisation to an end.
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