Two days after he was sent home from a Dallas hospital, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S, now identified as Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, was seen vomiting on the ground outside an apartment complex as he was bundled into an ambulance.
"His whole family was screaming. He got outside and he was throwing up all over the place," an eyewitness Mesud Osmanovic, 21, told NBC News on Wednesday, describing the chaotic scene before Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday.
42-year-old Liberian citizen, Thomas Duncan had gone to the United States to visit family and
friends. The New York Times reported Thursday that Duncan had direct contact with a pregnant woman stricken with Ebola in Liberia on September 15, four days before he left for the United States. Citing the woman's parents and Duncan's neighbors in Monrovia, Liberia, the newspaper said Duncan had helped carry the ailing woman home after a hospital turned her away because there wasn't enough space in its Ebola treatment ward.
Duncan was tested "like all other passengers" at Roberts International Airport, located about 60 kilometers (35 miles) east of the capital Monrovia. He showed no Ebola signs such as high fever, sweating, vomiting or weakness when tested. Duncan boarded an SN Brussels Airlines flight. That plane took him first to the Belgian capital, and he then flew to the United States, where he arrived September 20. Four, five days after his trip his Ebola symptoms manifested. After being asked by a nurse, Duncan did say that he'd traveled from Africa.
More than 80 people have had at least indirect contact with Thomas Duncan. Officials said they have identified 12 to 18 people who Duncan came into contact with in the United States since he became contagious. That number includes five students who attended four different schools in the area. Duncan's girlfriend's children were also exposed and the children are now being monitored at home, though none have exhibited Ebola symptoms.
According to Duncan's friend, who has spoken with him frequently, Duncan is in pain. He is in a serious condition. Texas health officials have also ordered his family members who had contact with him to stay home and not have visitors until Oct 19th to prevent the potential spread of disease.
"His whole family was screaming. He got outside and he was throwing up all over the place," an eyewitness Mesud Osmanovic, 21, told NBC News on Wednesday, describing the chaotic scene before Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday.
42-year-old Liberian citizen, Thomas Duncan had gone to the United States to visit family and
friends. The New York Times reported Thursday that Duncan had direct contact with a pregnant woman stricken with Ebola in Liberia on September 15, four days before he left for the United States. Citing the woman's parents and Duncan's neighbors in Monrovia, Liberia, the newspaper said Duncan had helped carry the ailing woman home after a hospital turned her away because there wasn't enough space in its Ebola treatment ward.
Duncan was tested "like all other passengers" at Roberts International Airport, located about 60 kilometers (35 miles) east of the capital Monrovia. He showed no Ebola signs such as high fever, sweating, vomiting or weakness when tested. Duncan boarded an SN Brussels Airlines flight. That plane took him first to the Belgian capital, and he then flew to the United States, where he arrived September 20. Four, five days after his trip his Ebola symptoms manifested. After being asked by a nurse, Duncan did say that he'd traveled from Africa.
More than 80 people have had at least indirect contact with Thomas Duncan. Officials said they have identified 12 to 18 people who Duncan came into contact with in the United States since he became contagious. That number includes five students who attended four different schools in the area. Duncan's girlfriend's children were also exposed and the children are now being monitored at home, though none have exhibited Ebola symptoms.
According to Duncan's friend, who has spoken with him frequently, Duncan is in pain. He is in a serious condition. Texas health officials have also ordered his family members who had contact with him to stay home and not have visitors until Oct 19th to prevent the potential spread of disease.
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