Centers for Disease Control to announce details involving patient whose recent travel history reportedly indicated Ebola case
The US Centers for Disease Control is to confirm on Tuesday the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States.
It is understood that the patient was being treated at a hospital in Dallas. Further details will be given in a news briefing at 5.30pm ET.
The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas said in a statement on Monday that the patient’s symptoms and recent travel indicated a case of Ebola, according to the Associated Press. The patient was being kept in strict isolation.
The virus has killed more than 3,000 people across west Africa.
More details soon …