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| US Ebola patient Thomas Duncan dies in hospital | |
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| The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said. | The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said. |
| Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital and receiving experimental drugs. | |
| Earlier the US announced new security procedures at entry points to check travellers for symptoms of the virus. | Earlier the US announced new security procedures at entry points to check travellers for symptoms of the virus. |
| More than 3,000 people have died and 7,500 infected, mostly in West Africa, in the worst Ebola outbreak yet. | |
| "It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am," a spokesman said in a statement. | |
| The news came shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry urged all nations to boost their response to combat the virus. | |
| "More countries can and must step up," he said in a joint press conference with his British counterpart Philip Hammond. | |
| The US has pledged as many as 4,000 troops to the region, while the UK is sending 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone. | |
| Duncan, who worked as a driver for a courier company, tested positive in Dallas, Texas, on 30 September, 10 days after arriving on a flight from Monrovia via Brussels. | |
| He become ill a few days after arriving in the US but after going to hospital and telling them he had been to Liberia he was sent home with antibiotics. | |
| Four days later, he was placed in isolation and given an experimental drug to treat Ebola, but his condition continued to worsen. | |
| Ten people he came into contact with are being monitored for symptoms. | |
| Following Duncan's diagnosis, the first case of contagion outside that continent was confirmed in Spain, where a nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid contracted the virus herself. | |
| Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected. | Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has the virus and the only way to stop an outbreak is to isolate those who are infected. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, US officials announced travellers from Ebola-affected countries will face increased security scrutiny at American airports. | Earlier on Wednesday, US officials announced travellers from Ebola-affected countries will face increased security scrutiny at American airports. |
| The Department of Homeland Security has ordered agents at airports and other ports to "observe" arrivals for potential signs of Ebola infection. | The Department of Homeland Security has ordered agents at airports and other ports to "observe" arrivals for potential signs of Ebola infection. |
| The new security measures, rolled out by the Transportation Security Administration, will reportedly take effect this weekend or early next week. | The new security measures, rolled out by the Transportation Security Administration, will reportedly take effect this weekend or early next week. |
| While Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed within the US, three American aid workers and a photojournalist contracted the virus in Liberia. | |
| Ebola virus disease (EVD) | Ebola virus disease (EVD) |