Story highlights
Massachusetts patient does not appear to be at high risk for Ebola
Crew exposed to Ebola patient now under mandatory quarantine
NBC cameraman with Ebola is making progress
Concerns about the Ebola virus were heightened Sunday when a health care worker in Texas had a positive preliminary test for the disease. The worker’s case marks the first known transmission of Ebola in the United States and the second diagnosis in the country.
With multiple developments on numerous fronts, here’s what you need to know Monday to quickly get caught up on the latest:
U.S. CASES
Nurse who treated Duncan is infected:
A Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for the disease. Her case marks the first known transmission of Ebola in the U.S. The unidentified nurse had numerous contacts with Duncan, and the CDC thinks there may have been a “breach in protocol” because she wore protective gear. It didn’t say what the breach may be, though. Duncan later died. The nurse is in stable condition.
NBC cameraman’s condition improving:
Doctors at a Nebraska hospital are pleased with the progress being made by NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia.
Crew breaks its word:
Meanwhile, the NBC crew that had been with Mukpo – and had made an agreement to voluntarily self-confine themselves – apparently broke its word.
Awaiting Massachusetts patient’s results:
A patient who has been to Liberia presented himself Sunday at a medical center in Braintree, Massachusetts, complaining of headache and muscle aches.
New travel screening:
People arriving from the three nations hardest hit by Ebola started getting special screening, including having their temperature taken, at New York’s JFK airport on Saturday. Washington’s Dulles, Newark, Chicago’s O’Hare and Atlanta international airports will begin screening Thursday.
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WEST AFRICA
No relief in sight:
The number of deaths attributed to the current Ebola outbreak has climbed to 4,033, the World Health Organization reported Friday. The tally brings the total number of confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola to 8,399. The numbers were reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain and the United States.
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IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Spain’s Ebola patient is stable:
Teresa Romero Ramos, a nurse’s assistant in Spain who is the first person to contract Ebola outside Africa, “is conscious and talking” but was in “stable but serious” condition Saturday after taking a turn for the worse earlier in the week.
Screening will involve assessing passengers’ recent travel history, who they have been in contact with and future travel arrangements, as well as a possible assessment performed by medical personnel.
CNN’s Dana Ford and Al Goodman contributed to this report.