The first case of the deadly Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed in Dallas, Texas.
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital say the unidentified patient is being kept in isolation.
The man is thought to have contracted the virus in Liberia before travelling to the US nearly two weeks ago.
More than 3,000 people have already died of Ebola in West Africa and a small number of US aid workers have recovered after being flown to the US.
Monitoring
According to Mr Frieden, the unnamed patient left Liberia on 19 September and arrived in the US the next day to visit relatives, without displaying any symptoms of the virus.
A hospital official told reporters on Tuesday the facility already had procedures in place to deal with any such potential cases.
Preliminary information indicates that the unnamed patient, who was described as critically ill, was not involved in treating Ebola-infected patients while in Liberia.
Earlier on Tuesday, the CDC said the Ebola virus seemed to be contained in Nigeria and Senegal, with no new cases reported there for almost a month.
It is the world's most deadly outbreak of the virus.culled
*sebi ZMAPP dey dia hand? I wish them well.
Lol @ wish dem well.
ReplyDeleteAbi! Wish frm well too.
DeleteAbi! Wish frm well too.
DeleteLol
DeleteAlso wish them well too. After hoarding their zmapp.
Shebi doctor Okechukwu been tell us say he surrender to be ebola guinea pig? Yinmu.
Deletehope they curb it quickly
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If zmapp fails,come toi naija n learn ao to manage ebola
DeleteIf zmapp fails,come toi naija n learn ao to manage ebola
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Lol @ shebi zmapp dey their hand.
ReplyDeleteSdk no b small zmapp dey their hand. God almighty wipe away dis virus frm the face of dis earth oooo(amen)
ReplyDeleteOf course zmapp dey them hand and they will treat him. Even britain has a stockpile; i believe this was used to treat the british nurse that was volunteering in s. leone and he's now better.
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ANGRLRAY SAYS
ReplyDeleteThat serves them right. Shebi they refused to give us zmapp when we begged for it, how I wish it will spread across America.
Haba!no dey wish dt kin tin o,abi u wan tell me say u no get family/frnds for d place
DeleteLater u will go and beg them for visa! Stupid human being.
DeleteWow really? A sane person typed this? Not forgetting that Nigerians also make up a sizable number of citizenry in America.
DeleteWow!!
Wow!...dats very insensitive,u no get any family or friend dia?
DeleteHarshment lol
DeleteHaba......
DeleteWith this comment, How r u different from boko haram?
If it spreads all over America which it wouldn't anyway, but if it does, its automatically in nig too. Do u know how many nigerians travel there on daily basis?instead pray ebola is wiped out of the surface of the earth and stop dropping childish comments
DeleteVery wicked thing to say
DeleteKai! Fear God o! Datz a mean thing to say
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ReplyDeleteNtooooorrrrrr
Onuku, we have got it contained. Bad belle no go kill you oo.
DeleteAbeg,use una zmapp .....we made it without u or ur zmapp.
ReplyDeleteI pray this deadly Ebola will just go away and disappear entirely. God help us.
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Heartless people with stupid comments. I wonder why u will wish I country that has most of your citizens on their soil such a ill luck. As if u gain a visa to America now u won't go. Stop thinking dump they were only following a procedure and not that they purposely didn't want to give zmapp to Nigeria. Dump comments.
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DeleteHehehe I like them cus within a week or two the news will be diff...there's data base management ,'ICT' is something second.sch pupil play with there,,and they're at the foremost of technology,by now all equipment has been put in place incase of this kind of cataclysmic event,,,..so I dnt see this case lasting more than the aforementioned.
ReplyDeleteNo dear, China is at the forefront in technology.
Deletewhy do I feel that they just want to prove to the world that they can handle Ebola unlike other 3rd world countries.
ReplyDeletestrategy...make it public that there is a case, and the next press release shows/reads the fully recovered patient.
like some bow-down-bitches stunt.
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Gulp the gallons of Zmapp already !!!
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Yay we made it without ur Zmapp...thank God almighty! !
ReplyDeleteWish una well with ur Zmapp. .
May God save the world from ebola.
ReplyDeleteLol @ sebi Zmapp dey dia hand.
ReplyDeleteGod pls wipe this deadly disease off the earth
This is a small issue to them
ReplyDeleteThey will definitely contain it and the Ebola victim has 99% chance of survival.
Nothing to worry about.
Eeeyyyaaa.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they can handle it.
I just hope the man hasn't infected anyone yet.
God please wipe out Ebola from the surface of this earth. Please dear God, help us bikonu.
If naija could make it without zmapp which they carefully hoarded and refused to share with us, then I don't panic hearing it in the US at all. I guess the man suspected he had it and quickly travelled back knowing he would get help in the US. E no de hard dem reason this way.
ReplyDeleteThey have zmapp to their rescue na#yimu
ReplyDeleteWish them luck o....almighty USA!
Ebbbbbolllaaa
ReplyDeleteDisease of blacks
Invented by whites to wipe black race
Lol@sebi zmapp dey deir hand
ReplyDeleteLiberians should stay in their country till further notice.
ReplyDeleteAngelray always making stupid dumb comments.....wonder what manner of humans gave birth to shit like you.....at least they are more proactive....and for u fools talking I pray your relatives or friends in America be the first to contract Ebola if at all it does spread.....
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, no pls don't pray such prayer. Angelray, might even be praying such relatives to have ebola. You can deduce that Angelray is lazy and wicked.
DeleteMaamie don't come!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish them well and God healing
ReplyDeleteBloglord you are so daft and stupid it's amazing........so when the Nigerian minister was giving an update on Ebola everyday it was for what reason? Why don't people think before they type? In your retarded mind u didn't think it's better to tell as it is than for rumors and panic to be flying around.....idiot everything u must bring ur shallow and negative reasoning into the picture.....mschweeeeeew
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ReplyDeleteSo disappointed in some comments here including from SDK herself.
ReplyDelete@shebi zmapp dey dia hand....gosh LMAO.Well,they brought it into the world let them deal with it
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