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October 15, 2014

Second Texan Healthcare Worker Contracts Ebola

Is Ebola going to spread around the world? At the moment I pretty much panic every time I get a bit warmer after a cup of coffee. Er, is that a fever I have?

So, not to make anyone panic or anything, but a second person who cared for the guy in Dallas, who died from Ebola, is now sick. She reported having a fever on Tuesday, and was quickly put in isolation.

US health officials are monitoring 48 people who had contact with Thomas Duncan, who died from the virus.

Nina Pham, who looked after him and was in protective clothing, was the first carer who contracted Ebola and is now being treated. The identity of the second carer has not yet been released, but Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has questioned any people she has had contact with, and they, too, will be monitored.

Check out The BBC