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October 14, 2014

This Texas Nurse With Ebola WAS Wearing Protective Gear

The first reported case of Ebola contradicted within the United States has now come to light, as a Texan nurse who interacted with Thomas Duncan being identified as the victim.

The United States are in panic stations, as a US citizen has become to first known person to contract the virus while in the country.

Nina Pham, a nurse at Dallas’ Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, has been identified as the person who has caught Ebola. And it’s been reported by CNN that was wearing protective gear when she had contact with Thomas Duncan, a Liberian man who contracted the the virus last month.

“Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days we will see additional cases of Ebola,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden. “This is because the health care workers who cared for this individual may have had a breach of the same nature.”

Check out the full story on the Huffington Post.