A second health worker at the Texas health presbyterian hospital who cared for Thomas Duncan has been infected with the deadly Ebola virus. The nurse is the second American citizen with the virus, this is few days after nurse Nina Pham who is also a nurse at the same hospital tested positive to the virus.
According to the statement by the US Center for Disease Control and prevention, it reads,
"A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary test performed overnight by the Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory".
The nurse was said to have reported a fever late Tuesday and was immediately isolated. The health department said "Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored."
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