Neighborhood, its free to download to your smart phone. Now the latest on eastbound object, a Second Health care worker who helped to treat Thomas Duncan in dallas is diagnosed. She was put in isolation, vincent is being transferred to atlanta that has specialized isolation units designed for ebola patients. Back in dallas they are working to identify people that had direct cant with her. Investigators dressed in protective clothing went to her apartment and spoke to her neighbors. And the large of the nurses union in the country says the hospital made mistakes, they say that it left part of their skin exposed. No one wants to get this right more than our hospital, the first to diagnose and treat this insidious disease that is now attacked two of our own. Officials say that vincent traveled on a commercial flight, the day before she showed symptoms of the virus. The nurse was on Frontier Airlines from cleveland, ohio to dallas but because she was not showing symptoms the risk to other
Theres some very anxious travelers coming in to the international rivals hall here at philly international. Many of those passengers asking the same questions. Is it save to fly . Is my plane that i travel in, how often is it cleaned . Well, we tried to answer some of the those questions. We can tell you each airline is responsible for the cleanliness of its aircraft and although they are given minor cleanings between each flight, as a guideline the interiors of airplanes are wiped down and disinfect once every 30 days or 100 flight hours and that is just the suggestion we have not seen any travelers wearing those protective masks as weve seen in other airports around the country, around the world. We did speak with several International Travelers who have arrived here recently from west africa including one woman who is traveling back to uganda next week. I understand peoples hitter yes but i think when you just dont prepare properly, you know, i happen to have a bad cough im concerne
Week. Vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. She says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane with a low grade temperature of 99. 5. The cdc said yes, because it didnt meet their threshold of 1000. 4. Earlier today, the cdc said otherwise. She was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to ebola. She would not have traveled on a commercial airline. Vincent took Frontier Airlines light 3743 from cleveland to dallas on monday. She had been visiting her mom to get ready for her upcoming wedding. All 132 passengers on that frontier flight are asked to contact cdc right away. Any deemed quote at risk will be monitored. The plane is out of Service Tonight but the airline says it was disinfected twice. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell live at the airport tonight. Chris, where some travelers we can imagine are concerned. Reporter iain, as just heard, that dallas nurse was cleared to fly by the cdc despite the
Inches of rain. We will get you over to chief meteorologist Scott Williams in just a moment. First a bombshell breaking tonight in the fight against ebola. Cdc officials now confirm to our station in dallas they told a Health Care Worker she can get on a plane even with a fever. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page this is 29 year old Amber Vincent leaving dallas boarding a private fight to atlanta. She arrived a short timing a walking into Emory University hospital where she will be treated in the elation unit. Doctors say shes a nurse who helped treat the liberian man who died from the virus last week. Vincent drew his blood and changed his catheter among other things. She says she called the cdc several times on monday asking if she was okay to get on a commercial airplane with a low grade temperature of 99. 5. The cdc said yes, because it didnt meet their threshold of 1000. 4. Earlier today, the cdc said otherwise. She was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to e
Situation. The drenching downpours are taking their toll this evening. Police closed off ford road in Fairmont Park because of flooding and the rain isnt letting up. Lets get right to meteorologist sheena parveen. Will it clear out for the morning . For some of us. But through the overnight hours more rain is moving in. Right now we do have showers on radar. Some hev rer rain starting to move into parts of new castle county, smyrna. And parts of berks county through bernville along 78 here, some heavier rain starting to move through. Even along the shore just light rain out through parts of Atlantic County up to burlington county, but we do expect more rain as we go overnight tonight. Its all moving in from the south. You can see the motion. We wont get rid of the moisture within the next i would say eight to 12 hours. A very slow moving system. Its actually a cold front. It will take its time getting out of here, so we still have more rain to the south than moving up overnight tonight