And a thriller as the Major League Playoffs get under way. Good wednesday morning, everyone, im angie goff. It is here. The first confirmed ebola diagnosis in the u. S. A man is critically ill at a dallas hospital after visiting liberia. And now the scramble to figure out if he infected others. Nbcs jay gray is in dallas for us this morning. Reporter this morning the first patient diagnosed in the u. S. With the deadly ebola virus continues to receive treatment from a team of experts inside this dallas hospital. Our staff is trained and prepared to take care of patients with a variety of Infectious Diseases including ebola virus disease. Reporter they will have help from the centers for disease control. A medical team has been rushed to texas to assist in the treatment and track down and monitor the handful of people the patient had had contact with after flying from west africa on september 19th to visit his family in dallas. The bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will c
Quote, zero risk to others who were on board that same flight. The agency says the man did not show symptoms at the time and was not contagious. And officials are also working very quickly to trace the patients path and to determine with whom he may have had any close contact. The director of the cdc says he understands why americans may be concerned about this, but he is confident the deadly virus can be contained. Ebola is a scary disease because of the severity of illness it causes. And were really hoping for the recovery of this individual. At the same time, we are stopping it in its tracks in this country. We can do that because of two things. Strong health care Infection Control that stops the spread of ebola and strong Core Public Health functions that trace contacts, tract contacts, isolate them, if they have any symptoms and stop the chain of transmission. And doctors at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital are confident theyre fully prepped to treat this patient. They say the m
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