[stem-ebola] PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola virus disease - ex Africa (17): USA (Texa

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EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE - ex AFRICA (17): USA (TEXAS) SECOND NURSE UPDATE
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Date: 15 Oct 2014]
Source: Washington Post [edited]
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/10/15/ebola-stricken-nurse-flew-on-a-passenger-plane-a-day-before-being-diagnosed>

Health-care worker with Ebola flew on commercial flight a day before
being diagnosed
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The second health-care worker diagnosed with Ebola had a fever of 99.5
degrees Fahrenheit [37.5 C] before boarding a passenger jet on Mon [13
Oct 2014], a day before she reported symptoms of the virus and was
tested, according to public health officials.  Even though there
appeared to be little risk for the other people on that flight, she
should not have traveled that way, Thomas Frieden, director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a news
conference Wednesday.  "She should not have flown on a commercial
airline," Frieden said.

This health-care worker flew on a Frontier Airlines flight from
Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth with more than 130 other passengers.
She did not have nausea or vomit on the plane, so the risk to anyone
around her is "extremely low," Frieden said.  The health-care worker
was not named by public health officials... She was part of a team
that had cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who flew to
Texas and was diagnosed with Ebola last month [September 2014], during
his hospitalization in Dallas. Duncan died last week. [A] nurse who
also cared for Duncan, was diagnosed with Ebola on Sun [12 Oct 2014]
and was in good condition Wed [15 Oct 2014], the hospital said.

[This 2nd nurse], who flew from Dallas to Cleveland on Fri [10 Oct
2014], flew back to Texas on Mon [13 Oct 2014][, a day after [the 1st
nurse] was diagnosed. She reported a fever on Tue [14 Oct 2014] and
was isolated and tested for Ebola.  Still, the fact that she boarded a
commercial flight raises the question of how much the other 50
health-care workers who entered Duncan's room could have traveled or
moved around in recent days. The CDC recommends controlled movement on
private flights or vehicles for people who may have been exposed to
Ebola, Frieden said.

[By Mark Berman]
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Date: 15 Oct 2014
Source: MyFox DFW [edited]
<http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26793235/ebola-patient-recently-flew-on-frontier-airlines>

Officials with the CDC confirmed with FOX 4 Wed [15 Oct 2014] that
they told ... the Dallas health worker it was safe for her to fly Mon
[13 Oct 2014]. [She] had called and asked if it was OK to fly since
she had a low grade fever at the time. However, a top federal health
official said Wed [15 Oct 2014] that Vinson should not have flown on a
commercial plane. The event could raise concerns among travelers that
health officials aren't doing everything possible to contain the
virus.  News that [she] flew on a commercial flight raised fear among
airline investors that the scare over the virus could cause travelers
to avoid flying.  Shares of the biggest U.S. airlines tumbled between
4 percent and 6 percent in afternoon trading. The overall market
slumped on concerns about slowing global economic growth.

Frontier Airlines announced that public-health officials were
notifying the 132 passengers on Monday night's [13 Oct 2014] Flight
1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth. The airline's crew reports
that the woman showed no symptoms during the flight.  Robert Mann, an
aviation consultant and former American Airlines executive, said that
if the 2nd worker showed no symptoms on her Frontier flight, the
decision to notify other passengers was made out of extra caution.
"But all that rational thought aside, it may cause some people to
delay trips," he said... - more
[By David Koenig]
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Communicated by:
Jonathan Ezekiel

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Date: 15 Oct 2014
Source: CNN [edited]
<<http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=hp
_t1>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt
=hp_t1>

2nd Texas health worker with Ebola will be moved to Atlanta
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The 2nd Dallas health care worker who contracted the ebolavirus will
be moved from the hospital in Dallas to Emory University hospital in
Atlanta, U.S. health officials said Wednesday afternoon [15 Oct
2014]... - more
[By Josh Levs & Holly Yan]
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Communicated by:
ProMED <www.promedmail.org>

[The nurse had to get back to work in Texas.  She did the right thing
by notifying her below threshold fever to CDC, and was cleared to
fly.
We are not told whether hospitals in Ohio have the same capacity to
handle Ebola as the newly reorganized Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital. - Mod.JW

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at:
<http://healthmap.org/promed/p/106>,
<http://healthmap.org/promed/p/245>.]

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