Preliminary studies have shown that employee hospital in Dallas, who took care of a patient with Ebola Liberyjczykiem, also contracted the virus – have advised American doctors.
The man is an employee of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where he recently treated was infected with Ebola Liberyjczyk Thomas Eric Duncan. He died on Wednesday. Liberyjczyk was the first patient, whose contagion diagnosed in the United States.
On Friday evening, he said that he has a slight fever. He was placed in solitary confinement and subjected to tests. I do not know how he could become infected with the virus.
- We knew that there might be a second chance and we were prepared for that possibility – said the head of the health service in Texas, David Lakey. He assured that the doctors are doing everything in their power to prevent the spread of the virus.
Health authorities were talking with the patient and now draw up a list of all the people with whom he was in contact, and which may have infected him.
According to the latest balance sheet of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ebola killed 4033 from more than 8,300 infected people, mainly in West Africa. In Sunday’s interview with BBC UN Special Envoy. Eboli David Nabarro said he hoped the epidemic manage to master within three months.
Ebola, which was detected in 1976, is spread through direct contact with blood or body fluids of infected humans and animals. The virus does not spreads by droplet.
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A hospital worker in Dallas ill with Ebola. These are preliminary results – Virtual Poland
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