Ebola Spreads In Texas: Health Worker Gets Ebola Due To Incompetence At Hospital That (MIs)Treated African Ebola Patient

Hospital Accused of 'Breach in Protocol'

Dr Tom Frieden, CDC: "At some point there was a breach in protocol" (Screen capture from video)

By BBC
The unnamed woman, who is in a stable condition in an isolation ward, wore full protective gear while treating Duncan, officials in Dallas say.

If confirmed, this is the first known transmission of Ebola on US soil.

A top federal health official said there had been a clear breach of safety protocol and other cases could follow.

Dr Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said 48 people who may have had contact with Duncan were being monitored for symptoms.

He said a complete investigation would be conducted into how the infection had occurred at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, died on Wednesday.

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