A patient in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola, the first time the virus has been diagnosed inside the United States.
A report from Fox News said the Dallas County Health Department said the patient was recently in Africa, where the virus has claimed the lives of thousands in an epidemic that has spread across country borders.
In a late Tuesday briefing, Tom Frieden, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, said he believes officials will be able to quickly minimize the spread of the virus.
“There is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here,” he said.
But Frieden stressed that health officials will spend time identifying everyone with which the patient had contact, and to monitor those people to see if they develop any symptoms. He said once that list is developed, they will all be closely monitored, and if they develop Ebola-like symptoms, they will also be isolated…
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