Dallas health officials are monitoring dozens of people who had contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan before he was isolated.
Close to 80 people who came into contact with U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan are being monitored by Dallas health officials, CNN reported.
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Initially, health officials stated that 18-20 people, including Duncan's family and EMS crews, were being monitored for Ebola. Dallas County officials then said Thursday that 80 people came in direct or indirect contact with Duncan, 42, before he was isolated. These 80 — including the patient's contacts and people with whom they had contact — are now being monitored, Dallas County Health and Human Services spokeswoman Erikka Neroes told CNN.
Texas health officials on Wednesday ordered four of Duncan's family members who had contact with him to stay home and forbid visitors to prevent the spread of the disease, NBC News reported. The order requires them not to leave their homes until at least Oct. 19 when the incubation period passes.
"His whole family was screaming. He got outside and he was throwing up all over the place," an eyewitness told NBC News, describing the scene when Duncan was put in an ambulance outside an apartment complex on Sunday.
Two days earlier, the hospital had sent Duncan home despite knowing he had just returned from Liberia.
LINK: Ebola Patient Told Texas Hospital He Was From Liberia, Was Still Sent Home
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