Dallas Ebola Updates: First Duncan Contact Cleared, Other Quarantined Contacts Show No Symptoms
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today that the first person known to have contact with Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has now been cleared, and at least 46 other quarantined people who had contact with Duncan are also not showing any signs of the virus and are expected to be cleared by tomorrow.
Also, Duncan’s fiancee Louise Troh, who probably had closer contact with him than anyone in the days before he was hospitalized, is also symptom-free and expected to be out of quarantine tomorrow.
Nina Pham, the nurse who did contract the virus after being in close contact with Duncan when he was at his most infectious, is stable and in fair condition at a bio-containment facility in Maryland, and is expected to make a full recovery.
And in more good news, the healthcare worker aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship that was denied entrance to Belize this week has also tested negative for Ebola.
A healthcare worker who had self-quarantined herself aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship has tested negative for Ebola and was allowed to disembark with the rest of the passengers in Galveston, Texas, on Sunday.
In a statement, the Galveston County Health Authority said it had determined “there is no evidence of a public health threat to cruise passengers or to Galveston county.”