Second US Patient Tests Positive for Ebola

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Dr. Tom Frieden in the process of undergoing a protocol-required decontamination procedure

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that a hospital worker who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian patient who died of Ebola last Wednesday, has tested positive for the Ebola virus.

This is the first case of Ebola being transmitted in the United States. Officials blame a "breach of protocol" during treatment of Duncan-and although all healthcare workers who came into contact with Duncan were wearing protective clothing, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the CDC director responsible for overseeing agency action against the Ebola crisis, said additional cases are possible because of the breach.

Frieden did not disclose the specifics of the breach, but he did stress the importance of following isolation protocol. "The bottom line is we know how Ebola spreads," he said a morning press conference. "We know how to stop it from spreading.

But it does re-emphasize how meticulous we have to be on every single aspect of the control measures-from rapid diagnosis, to effective isolation, to effective care, with infection control, to scrupulous contact investigation."

Frieden also said that "while this is bad news, it is not news that should bring about panic." Health officials emphasize that the virus is not contagious during the incubation stage, which typically lasts 8-10 days. Ebola can only be contracted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.

The Texas Department of State Health Serviced announced in a statement Sunday that, after the patient reported a fever Friday night, she was put in isolation and officials began the process of interviewing those with whome she had come into contact. One additional person has already been placed in isolation and another 18 are being closely monitored.

"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."


Source: motherjones

http://www.motheajones.com/mojo/2014/10/cdc-confirms-second-case-ebola-in-the-us
 
Despite all precautions taken, huyu ni nurse wa pili baada ya yule wa Spain. Inawezekana hii Ebola ikawa air-borne aisee (through coughing, sneezing or talking) apart from the other known sources
 
Nami nadhani hivyo pia na kama ni hivyo basi huu ugonjwa unazidi kutisha kupita kiasi, lakini mpaka sasa hakuna ushahidi wa kutosha. Kuna Mwanahabari mmoja wa NBC (US) naye kaupata huu ugonjwa akiwa Liberia. Kinachonishangaza vyombo vya habari havijafuatilia huyu kaupataje ugonjwa huu hasa ukitilia maanani kwamba yeye ni mwanahabari sijui kama aliwahi kuwa na contact ya karibu na mgonjwa/wagonjwa wa Ebola. Nasubiri kusikia details za huyu mwanahabari alivyoambukizwa ugonjwa huu.

Consultant said:
Despite all precautions taken, huyu ni nurse wa pili baada ya yule wa Spain. Inawezekana hii Ebola ikawa air-borne aisee (through coughing, sneezing or talking) apart from the other known sources
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This monster is out of CONTROL!, there might be other cases too, she' s obvious not the only nurse Duncan had direct contact with at the hospital.
 
If one pops in another city all hell is gonna break loose.
 
kui said:
This monster is out of CONTROL!, there might be other cases too, she' s obvious not the only nurse Duncan had direct contact with at the hospital.
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There you go – and this is just the first. Next we're going to have health care workers refusing to provide care for Ebola patients and who could blame them?
 
Ishmael said:
If one pops in another city all hell is gonna break loose.
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Acha tu!, that's the fear right now, wanasema they're trying to get ahead with it, hopefully they're successful!
 
Ishmael said:

There you go – and this is just the first. Next we're going to have health care workers refusing to provide care for Ebola patients and who could blame them?
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....nobody!, and this nurse was wearing a full protective suit?!, while caring for him!
 
kui said:
This monster is out of CONTROL!, there might be other cases too, she' s obvious not the only nurse Duncan had direct contact with at the hospital.
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Kui, yes, she is not the only one, but also, it's not necessarily that everyone s/he had direct contact with, must get infected!. Hii kitu ni kama ngoma, kuna watu kibao wana ngoma, tunakutana nap na ku pretend to play safe kwa zana tuu, lakini foreplay yote ni unprotected!, wengine wanaukwaa na wengine they sail safely!.

Kuna wale mala.. wa Kenya, wao huduma zao ni kavu kavu na wako safe!.

Pasco
 

Pasco Mkuu this seem to be more than ngoma, timing yake you don't live for a 'couple of yrs'
Maambukizo yake I agree with Consultant, it's like an air-bourne disease
 
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Mkuu Pasco Ebola ni zaidi ya ngoma Mkuu, katika miezi michache tu ya ugonjwa huu imeshaua wagonjwa zaidi ya elfu nne katika nchi za Liberia na Sierra Leone kati ya hao kuna idadi kubwa ya madaktari na manesi. Baadhi ya madaktari na manesi wameshaanza kugoma kuwashughulikia wagonjwa hili limetokea kule Spain.
 
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Tupigeni magoti kusali au tumpelekee mganga kuku na udi niaje ni vp? Mbona wazungu wale wa mwanzo walipona ebola iweje duncan kavuta?
 
Na bado inadhaniwa hao 4000+ waliofariki ni minimum estimation. A lot more are dying unreported.

This is scary!
 
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