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The Ebola crisis in the U.S. took
another alarming turn Wednesday with word
that a second Dallas nurse caught the
disease from a patient and flew across the
Midwest aboard an airliner the day before she
fell ill. President Barack Obama canceled a
campaign trip to address the outbreak.
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Though it was not clear how the nurse
contracted the virus, the case represented
just the latest instance in which the disease
that has ravaged one of the poorest corners
of the earth – West Africa – also managed
to find weak spots in one of the world’s most
advanced medical systems.
The second nurse was identified as 29-year-
old Amber Joy Vinson. Medical records
provided to The Associated Press by Thomas
Eric Duncan’s family showed she inserted
catheters, drew blood and dealt with
Duncan’s body fluids.
Duncan, who was diagnosed with Ebola after
coming to the U.S. from Liberia, died Oct. 8.
Kent State University in Ohio, where three of
Vinson’s relatives work, confirmed she was
the latest patient.
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Even though the nurse did not report having
a fever until Tuesday, the day after she
returned home, she should not have boarded
an airliner after learning that another nurse,
Nina Pham, had been diagnosed with Ebola,
government officials said Wednesday.
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, said no one
else involved in Duncan’s care will be allowed
to travel “other than in a controlled
environment.”
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