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              Washington-Area Hospital Admits Possible Ebola Case

   by VOA News

   A patient with Ebola-like symptoms has been admitted to a Washington,
   D.C.-area hospital.

   Kerry-Ann Hamilton, a spokeswoman for Howard University Hospital said
   on Friday that a patient who recently traveled to Nigeria was in stable
   condition.

   Hamilton said medical authorities have isolated the patient and
   "activated the appropriate infection control protocols."

   Meanwhile, the Dallas County health director in Dallas, Texas, said the
   situation surrounding the first U.S. diagnosis of Ebola virus is "under
   control," despite the quarantine of four people and the monitoring of
   close to 100 others.

   'There is no outbreak'

   Zachary Thompson, Dallas County Health and Human Services director,
   said on U.S. television Friday that "there is no outbreak." He told
   news network CNN that Texans should relax and allow health officials to
   respond to the issue.

   Liberian national Thomas Duncan, who was diagnosed with Ebola on Sunday
   after traveling from Liberia to the United States, remained isolated in
   serious but stable condition at a Dallas hospital.

   Four of his family members, including several children, are under
   enforced quarantine at their Dallas apartment.

   Liberian officials said they will prosecute Duncan, who flew from
   Liberia and arrived in Texas on September 20, for allegedly lying on an
   airport travel form when he was asked if he had any contact with an
   Ebola victim.

   Duncan is reported to have answered "no," even though he helped a
   pregnant Ebola victim into a taxi.

   Meanwhile, in Liberia, a U.S. cameraman working for NBC News has
   contracted Ebola. The network said it is flying back to the U.S. the
   entire news crew who will be placed under a 21-day quarantine.

   WHO report

   The World Health Organization reports that more than 3,300 people have
   died and more than 7,000 have been infected with Ebola in Guinea,
   Liberia and Sierra Leone.

   The United Nations launched a mission Thursday to help prevent the
   spread of the disease.

   Anthony Banbury, head of the U.N. Mission on Ebola Emergency Response
   (UNMEER), began a tour of the three Ebola-stricken nations with a visit
   to the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

   Banbury said the only way to end the crisis is to "end every last case
   of the virus and eliminate the risk of transmission."

   The virus causes uncontrollable bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. It is
   spread by direct contact with the body fluids of infected patients.

   There is no specific treatment, but an American doctor diagnosed with
   the virus was found to be Ebola-free after taking an experimental drug
   in August.
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