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Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive' | Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive' |
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A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say. | A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say. |
A 26-year-old female nurse is already receiving treatment after becoming infected by a Liberian man who died from the deadly virus last week. | A 26-year-old female nurse is already receiving treatment after becoming infected by a Liberian man who died from the deadly virus last week. |
US officials say they are monitoring 48 contacts of the Liberian national and the healthcare workers who treated him. | US officials say they are monitoring 48 contacts of the Liberian national and the healthcare workers who treated him. |
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. | The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. |
Nina Pham was exposed to Ebola at a Dallas hospital when she treated Liberian Thomas Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the virus on US soil. | |
Doctors at the Health Presbyterian hospital said she was in good condition on Tuesday. | |
The identity of the second health worker has not yet been revealed, however, the person also cared for Mr Duncan while he was in hospital. | |
The health worker was immediately isolated after reporting a fever on Tuesday, the Texas state department for health said in a statement. | |
"Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored," the department said. |