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Ebola outbreak: US prepares for more infections Ebola outbreak: US prepares for more infections
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Ebola could infect more US health workers, a senior US official leading the effort to contain the virus has said. Ebola could infect more US health workers, a senior official leading the effort to contain the virus has said.
Investigators are now interviewing hospital staff who cared for Liberian Thomas Duncan, who died in Dallas, said Tom Frieden, of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).Investigators are now interviewing hospital staff who cared for Liberian Thomas Duncan, who died in Dallas, said Tom Frieden, of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
On Sunday a woman who had treated Mr Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola. A woman who treated Duncan has been diagnosed with Ebola, and has been identified by US media as Nina Pham.
The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people in Africa since March.The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people in Africa since March.
Mr Duncan died last week in hospital in Dallas, Texas, after being diagnosed with the disease on 30 September. Duncan died last week in hospital in Dallas, Texas, after being diagnosed with the disease on 30 September.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned the epidemic threatens the "very survival" of societies and could lead to failed states.The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned the epidemic threatens the "very survival" of societies and could lead to failed states.
In the US, the infected nurse was one of many healthcare workers who treated Mr Duncan. She contracted the virus from him despite taking considerable precautions to shield herself. The Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola contracted the virus from Duncan despite taking considerable precautions to shield herself.
On Sunday, Dr Frieden said a "breach of protocol" had clearly occurred, though on Monday he clarified that he had not intended to fault the nurse nor Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.On Sunday, Dr Frieden said a "breach of protocol" had clearly occurred, though on Monday he clarified that he had not intended to fault the nurse nor Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
"We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control because even a single infection is unacceptable," Dr Frieden said on Monday."We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control because even a single infection is unacceptable," Dr Frieden said on Monday.
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The infection made the nurse the first person to contract Ebola inside the US. She is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.The infection made the nurse the first person to contract Ebola inside the US. She is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Her home has been cleaned and sanitised.Her home has been cleaned and sanitised.
From an interview with the 26-year-old nurse, public health investigators have identified only a single person with whom she had contact during the period when she could have been infectious.From an interview with the 26-year-old nurse, public health investigators have identified only a single person with whom she had contact during the period when she could have been infectious.
That person, along with 48 contacts of Mr Duncan and the healthcare workers who treated him, are being monitored for signs of the disease. That person, along with 48 contacts of Duncan and the healthcare workers who treated him, are being monitored for signs of the disease.
"All of us have to work together to do whatever's possible to reduce the risk that any healthcare worker becomes infected," Dr Frieden said."All of us have to work together to do whatever's possible to reduce the risk that any healthcare worker becomes infected," Dr Frieden said.
Dr Frieden also said the CDC was encouraging all hospitals in the US to "think Ebola" when presented with patients who had Ebola-like symptoms and who had travelled within the past 21 days to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries being ravaged by the disease.Dr Frieden also said the CDC was encouraging all hospitals in the US to "think Ebola" when presented with patients who had Ebola-like symptoms and who had travelled within the past 21 days to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries being ravaged by the disease.