5 schoolchildren had contact with Ebola patient

Los Angeles Times | October 1, 2014 | 10:55 AM

Five students who attend four different schools have had contact with a man diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, Texas officials said today.

The elementary, middle and high school students are being monitored and show no symptoms, officials said. The children attended school earlier in the week and will be monitored at home, authorities said. There have been between 12 and 18 people who have had contact with the patient, health officials said.

Also, a health official said information about the patient’s travel from Liberia was not relayed to the full clinical team that initially treated him at a Dallas hospital on Friday. The patient was sent home with antibiotics. He was brought back to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday and was placed in isolation. Tests confirmed Tuesday that he is infected with the Ebola virus. He is in serious but stable condition.

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