Another health care worker has tested positive for Ebola in Texas. The worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital had been caring for the fist Ebola patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States, reports GHN.
The health care worker was immediately isolated on Tuesday after reporting a fever. He had been caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, who was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola outside West Africa. He was flown to the US from Liberia on September 20, initially not showing any symptoms. He later died in the Texas hospital.
Reacting to the latest case, the US Department of State Health Services said that "health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored."
The news comes just days after another nurse, 26-year-old Nina Pham, became the first person infected by Ebola on US soil, while caring for Duncan. She is said to be "doing well."
US President Barack Obama is set to hold a video conference on Wednesday with British, French, German and Italian leaders to discuss Ebola, according to the White House.