Texas health officials said Monday that the 48 people who were in contact with the U.S. Ebola patient have shown no signs of the disease so far.
All of the 48 people being evaluated daily after coming in contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan have shown no signs of the illness, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday.
One of the people who were in the apartment unit where Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with the Ebola virus.
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"Hundred percent" of people being monitored daily, including 10 high-risk individuals, have shown no fever or signs of the Ebola virus, Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said in a press briefing on Monday. He said all of them are doing well so far.
"The great news from me is that we've got zero symptoms out there," Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said. "That's a good sign."
Rawlings said that workers finished phase 2 of cleaning Duncan's apartment at noon. His personal items were destroyed over the weekend and a drum of all other items was being taken away after the clean up. He said that some of Duncan's belongings, such as a his grandmother's bible and family photos, were saved.
Lakey said that "a lot people in Dallas are scared" but reiterated that the spread of the disease was under control.
Dallas councilwoman Jennifer Gates said the residents of the Vickery Meadow community, where Duncan lived, were afraid of being stigmatized as the "epicenter of the crisis." She said the people in the area were feeling discriminated against and some were turned away from jobs and retail stores.
Thomas Eric Duncan, who is in critical condition, is receiving an experimental drug, CNBC reported.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of an experimental anti-viral drug called brincidofovir, produced by Biopharma company Chimerix.
"Mr. Duncan remains in critical condition," said Candace White, spokeswoman for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. "His condition is stable. He is now receiving the investigational medication brincidofovir."
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