so, duncan boarded a plane.to brussels, then getting on a united airlines flight full of passengers that flew through washington. the next day, he landed in dallas, heading to this apartment complex to visit family. including several children. still, no signs of ebola. but four days later, he became sick. and that's when his ebola became contagious to others. just over 24 hours later, duncan is so ill, he walks into this dallas emergency room, telling a nurse he had travels from west africa. but here, the critical breakdown. somehow, he is sent home. two days later on september 28th, duncan was rushed back to the hospital in an ambulance. then, last tuesday, the confirmation. he tested positive for ebola. his family now critical of the care he received. >> i want eric to be taken care of. the medicine that he gave the other americans that came from africa two days ago, that ain't gave him the same medicine. i don't think americans, they are doing enough to save him. >> reporter: the hospital missed it the first

duncan passed away.a -- the faa announced in five airports there are additional screenings taking place from passengers coming from the three places in west africa. the passengers coming off the flight will take it to an isolated area. their temperatures checked and so this is taken has a turn here. and sadly we have seen thousands of people die in west africa. we've had four or five americans who have survived. but this is a deadly virus, folks. and folks need to remember that. we're happy that the folks who survived the disease or the virus have survived. but this is a very deadly virus. we're seeing that in africa. it's spreading out of control. >> thank you very much. we have the statement in. dr. david laky, a commissioner of the texas department of health services reads the past week has been an enormous test of our health system. for one family it's been more personal. today they lost a dear member of their family. they have our con dodolenccondo. we provide compassionate care. ebola attacks the b

duncan had contact with, these are people mr. duncan himself may have had contact with.t's an important point because again, they're only worried if you came in contact with someone who was sick with ebola. not if you came in contact with a contact. these are new terms i think for a lot of people right now but important terms. those hundred people, many of them may not have any cause for concern at all but there may be some that are going to be asked to monitor themselves, to take their temperature and to see if they have fever as possibly a first sign of infection. >> that's a huge, huge significant clarification. thank you for that, sanjay, that 100 people in direct contact. we're not factoring those who may have had contact with those who had contact with thomas duncan. sanjay, stand by for a moment. thank you for that. i want to bring in dr. morris and dr. vantellkin. louise says that -- this was troubling, she doesn't think that she came into contact with the bodily fluids of this patient, but dear god, we've got -- we've got medical professionals in africa who are

duncan. this is casting a wide net, 100 people who are possible contacts of mr. duncan. as far as we know right now, authorities say only about 12 people are actual contacts of his. only 12 people are known to have contact with him. but we know that that number, that 12 number, will be going up. john? >> i'm going to pick up with sanjay now because i know one of the things that you and elizabeth and many of the medical professionals that have talked to us on the air about this is awareness, the information, the key is for people to be informed. let's get down to brass tacks and inform our viewers on how this virus is spread. there are so many questions remaining here. >> reporter: it's one of these things where i think there has been some confusion around exactly what constitutes someone as being high risk. let me tell you a couple of things. first of all, we talk about the fact that you have to have had direct contact with the person's bodily fluids in order to actually potentially be consid

duncan. several of those were health care workers that treated him here at texas health presbyterian hospital. we don't know for sure if this person is one of those people who was considered to be at high risk. i'm sure that those will be the kinds of questions, perhaps they can shed some light on exactly how this particular health care worker contracted the disease, but we have been told that the person had reported a low grade fever friday night and then on saturday it was confirmed that this person had been exposed to ebola and was starting to see the virus and test positive for the virus, so many questions and the dallas county judge here has just shown up so we're several moments away and the mayor has just started to walk in so we're several moments away from this news conference beginning here in dallas. >> ed, i think it's curious, a lot of people are wondering if a health care worker has been contracted with this virus, what do we know about the condition of thomas duncan's fiancee a

duncan. that was not anywhere. obviously, it is a consideration given what is happening in the world right now. but to your point, anderson, somebody comes in with a fever, 100.1. sounds like the first time he came in he was not having the other symptoms of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, things like that. that could be a lot of things even if you returned from liberia. in west africa you have a lot of diseases that could cause fever. but still that was not the pattern of events here. they just kind of missed this important part of his travel history and didn't investigate it further. so while they may have been right in thinking about other things as a possibility here the fact that they did not consider ebola as a possibility was the crucial mistake. >> doctor, you mentioned yesterday to me i mean there have been big cutbacks in public health, and disaster preparedness, what do you make of what louise has said so far. and also what does this mean for other potential outbreaks out there, outbreaks that are airborne? >

duncan. that wasn't anywhere. obviously it is a consideration i think given what is happening in the world right now. to your point, anderson. sochl one comes in with fever of 100.1. first time came in wasn't having symptoms of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting that. could be a lot of thing thousands even if you returned from liberia. even in west africa you have lots of different diseases that can cause mild fever. that wasn't the pattern of events. missed his travel history. they didn't investigate it further. while they may have been right in thinking about other things as a possibility here, the fact that they didn't consider ebola as a possibility was the crucial mistake. >> doctor, you mentioned yesterday to me. there have been big cutbacks in public health, disaster preparedness. what do you make of what louise has said so far? and also what does does this mean for other potential outbreaks out there, outbreaks that are airborne, potentially more dangerous? >> yes, we may have had a different problem with these ou

thomas eric duncan is front page news here. his ebola trail starts in this small compound of homes and apartments outside monrovia. this is the front door of mr. duncan's apartment that he was renting in this small hamlet. and it was in the pink house across the courtyard where the young woman, pregnant and now infected with ebola, was calling for help and he responded. so you drove your taxi -- jiminez grugbaye was the taxi driver who picked up duncan, the young woman, her father, and brother. you knew you were picking up a sick, pregnant girl that no idea she was sick with ebola. >> no, no, no, no idea at all. >> reporter: they told them they were afraid she was about to miscarry. and what did you see? how did she strike you? >> well, i saw her, she was helpless. she was not able to walk by herself. >> reporter: he drove them to four hospitals. each turned them away saying nothing could be done. where did you take them next? >> i brought them just here. wack home, because the family gave up already. she was sitting somewhere

duncan checked no. the associated press has seen the very questionnaire he filled out before leaving liberia. they say he checked no. that answer is not true. cnn learned that he helped an ebola patient days before boarding a flight for the united states. a patient living in the same home as mr. duncan. and here in the united states, growing outrage. today we're learning new details of what can only be called obvious mistakes. the sweaty sheets and soil towels he used while at his relatives apartment. and the cdc will remove them. but duncan's brother said that has not happened yet. shocking considering it was seven days since he went to the hospital with symptoms of ebola. and united airlines is, quote, reaching out to all passengers on the two legs of duncan's trip. they are doing this voluntarily but the cdc chairman tom frieden said this yesterday. >> at this point, there is zero risk of transmission on the flight. >> elizabeth cohen is a cnn correspondent, outside of the dallas hospital where dunca

duncan worked for a delivery company. the manager told us that duncan resigned abankruptly on september 4th. he was constantly talking about his son who lived in the united states and planned to travel there. all passengers leaving liberia are screened for fever at the afrmt duncan had none. he also filled out a health form saying he had no contact with anyone with ebola. today liberian officials accused him of lying and say they will prosecute him. liberia's president said she was angry and saddened by duncan. >> but the fact that he knew and he left the country is unpardonable, quite frankly. i just hope that nobody else got infected. fortunately he's in the united states where medical care, you know, is very good. >> reporter: strong words from the president but it's still unclear whether duncan knew he had been exposed to ebola when he got on a plane to the u.s. a member of duncan's family in liberia told us he never knew the pregnant woman had a disease, and he simply took her to the nearest clinic, not one that spec

there's renewed urgency in the battle to save thomas eric duncan from the deadly ebola virus. he took a turn for the worse over the weekend, downgrade to critical. family members in north carolina say doctors told them duncan is now on a respirator and dialysis machine. sunday night, a week after duncan was admitted to the hospital, hazmat crews were back, decontaminating the apartment where he stayed with his family. the next three days are the most critical for 48 people they believe came in direct or indirect contact with duncan since he started showing signs of the illness september 24th. eight to ten days after that is when most people would start feeling the effects of the virus, according to doctors. so today, tomorrow and wednesday are crucial. but, according to one expert, the delay in diagnosing duncan's illness was a serious mistake that jeopardized the people he

duncan. were not under quarantine but they were in a self-isolation where they were monitoring their temperature. was the worker part of that group? >> my understanding is that's correct. there are 75 people who are still monitoring themselves plus two to make it 77. those two are nina pham, the nurse who was diagnosed on sunday, and now this patient diagnosed overnight and the information came out today. of course, the news that just came out from the cdc about the frontier airlines flight is very disturbing because it talks about a lot of people on the flight who now will be sought out and and talked to to see if they need to be monitored. it sounds like the current patient flew first home to cleveland and back here on the 13th, the day before yesterday when she showed symptoms and so that is a completely different wrinkle in this story involving a lot of other people who are not involved in the care of duncan but might have had a contact with this person. in the case of nina pham, only one

duncan died this morning. duncan's doctors said he fought courageously, and passed away eight days after his diagnosis and had been showing symptoms and sought care well before that. elizabeth cohen is out front tonight, out front of the hospital. and what more can you tell us about the sergeant right now? >> reporter: well he is a deputy sheriff and he was inside the apartment where duncan was staying. however it appears he did not have contact with duncan and he was inside that apartment, it would have been several days since duncan had last been there. but let's listen to what he told reporters last week. >> we did not receive any emergency equipment. touched doors, touched lights to turn on lights. that puts the question marks in your mind. when you go home and the next day you start hearing that equipment is being quarantined or asked to be bagged up. >> reporter: now, i want to be clear that according to the cdc, ebola can't live on surfaces for more than just a few hours and monig was in the apartment s

one he was never with duncan with the family members in the apartment. but duncan was gone. in addition he has never been to west africa. and also, he doesn't have all of the symptoms of ebola. finally, 4 people are being kept in contact with medical authorities. this deputy is not one of them. a short time ago the son of the deputy spoke out. >> we are scared. want to make sure everything is okay. just wait to get all the facts. make sure nothing, nothing gets blown out of proportion. but we are just waiting to see, you know, make sure he doesn't test positive. not expecting him to. being test ford ebola. a maximum of 14 days. probably much shorter before we know for sure. once again, don, good new, most likely the cdc says, authorities, say he does not have ebola. >> let's talk about thomas eric duncan. sadly died this morning. what is the hospital saying about his death and what happens to his body? >> it's very sad for everybody. this hospital came out with a statement earlier today. i would look to read it to you. the hospital saying he fought courageously in this battl

duncan was. it started this afternoon around 12:30 in the town of frisco which is 30 miles north of dallas. this deputy went into an urgent care center saying he didn't feel well. doctors determined he had some symptoms of ebola. about nine emergency vehicles came to the scene. an ambulance, firetruck, other vehicles. his car, the deputy's car in the parking lot -- the deputy car was roped off by police tape. 14 people were inside the urgent care center. they were told not to leave. because possibility of contamination. then he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. authorities are saying there is a low risk of ebola and it was because of the reasons. he was never with duncan. duncan was already in the hospital. this deputy has never been to west africa. he's not one of the 48 contacts medical officials are keeping an eye on. a short time ago the deputy's son spoke out. >> he woke up sore and fatigued and had a bit of stomach ache. no fever. no vomiting, diarrhea or anything like that. just exp

> because i think what makes this different, don't you think, than duncan is we know thomas eric duncan contracted it in west africa. this is the first case that was contracted here in the u.s. >> yeah. >> that's exactly right. it's similar with the nurse who contracted it from the priest. so you're right. this is the first time that someone has contracted ebola in the united states. i think sometimes that when we first heard about ebola, it seemed like this strange scott uk disease in a far away land. what this shows you is that we're not immune. >> all right. elizabeth, stay with us. we want to bring in david sanders, he's an associate professor of biological sciences at purdue university. he's with us on the phone as well. good to have you with us this morning. unfortunately under these circumstances, i would would have picked up with where we left off that this is the first case of ebola contracted here in the united states. is there some medical difference? is this just a psychological difference for people who are following what's happening with this virus? >> i think there is a d

she also helped treat thomas eric duncan. exactly how she came into contact and what contact she had with duncan we don't know. we know that she lived alone in this apartment block, both that unit and her car are going to be cleaned by a special crew today. this morning's news triggers even more alarms, obviously. it means even more people could have been exposed to the highly infectious disease and will now need to be identified and monitored as well. it also underscores the critical and dangerous mistakes that were made. how did health officials mishandle the first ebola case diagnosed on u.s. soil and why were there not proper protections for all the health care workers who took care of thomas eric duncan? >> at the hospital, we have a situation involving 77 people, two of which have tested positive for ebola. we are preparing contingencies for more and that is a very real possibility. >> indeed, they're monitoring 76 people who had contact with thomas eric duncan. we're covering the story as it unfolds. our correspondents

thomas eric duncan will be cremated. a sheriff's deputy who had been inside the same dallas apartment where duncan was staying has been hospitalized after falling ill, but he had no contact with duncan and he had no fever. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. the white house ordered the heightened airport screening after duncan died and mounting pressure on the white house to do something to allay americans' fears. the president has been criticized by some of capitol hill for a weak response. some have been restricted. the u.s. says no to that, so for now certain travelers will have their temperatures taken. dozens lit candles last night at wilshire baptist church in dallas to remember thomas eric duncan. yesterday he became the first person in the u.s. to die of ebola. duncan's fiancee who remains in quarantine told friends she's heartbroken. >> the first thing she said, my baby is gone. i'm finished. >> health officials are monitoring about 50 people who had varying degrees of contact with duncan. for signs o

duncan's half brother says he thinks duncan did not know that a pregnant woman he helped was infectedding to the story, the pregnant woman was walking and falling off. he ran to help her. nobody knew about ebola. ebola is in the system. it is not on the body. i think you run to help the person. that's all we heard. he didn't know the woman, according to the story. >> the dallas independent school district coping with the ebola fears. custodians cleaning lowell elementary school wednesday night. one of the elementary schools of the five children. >> we are also enrolling the five students into the home-bound program so they will get the curriculum support and technology support to continue their education. >> united airlines also taking precautions to address the scare. the airline is reaching out to the nearly 400 passengers who are on the flight with the ebola victim duncan and referring them to the cdc. duncan traveled on two united flights. one from brussels to washington, d.c., then on to dallas. cnn's rene marsh has more. >> reporter: this is the second stop for the ebola traveli

what else do we know about thomas duncan. here's alexander field. >> thomas eric duncan is the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states. but in his native country liberia, community leaders say duncan was sharing a house with a woman killed by the disease. duncan rented this room in her family's home in liberia's capital city monrovia. he came in contact with the infected wait a moment who was seven months pregnant and too sick to walk as recently as september 15 when he carried her to a taxi, according to the new york times. >> in liberia, it's a country where we help one another. this pregnant woman was walking and couldn't walk so he helped her. he planned the trip for two weeks and didn't even know he was sick according to his family. an airport official says the 42-year-old was screened three times before leaving liberia and was permitted to board the plane, showing no signs of the virus. but liberian authorities now say duncan was asked on a health questionnaire if he had cared for an ebola patient and if

duncan had none. he also filled out a health form saying he'd had no contact with anyone with ebola. today, liberiaian officials accused him of lying and say they will prosecute him. liberia's president ellen johnson sirleaf said she was angry and saddened by duncan. >> but the fact that he knew and he left the country is unpardonable, quite frankly. i just hope that nobody else gets infected. fortunately, he's in the united states where medical care, you know, is very good. >> reporter: strong words from the president, but it is still unclear whether duncan knew he'd been exposed to ebola when he got on a plane to the u.s. a member of duncan's family in liberia told us he never knew the pregnant woman had the disease and that he simply took her to the nearest clinic, not one that specialized in treating ebola. >> pelley: debora patta reporting for us tonight from johannas berg, south africa. debora, thanks. many people are asking how ebola is spread and what happens in the unlikely event that they ge

it took 48 hours to get duncan's positive test results.y then, the hospital, on its own, had equipped the staff with suits that allowed no skin to be exposed. it would be another three weeks before the c.d.c. made this its new standard. then, the hospital moved out all of the patients in medical intensive care and reconfigured the 24-bed unit for just one patient. it was a strange scene for icu nurse john mulligan. >> john mulligan: by the time i came in, they had already received the tyveks, the papers, so we had the full hazmat gear that people are used to seeing. >> pelley: is this the full suit? >> mulligan: this is the full suit, yes. there were always two of us in the room at all times, and we were designated two people to be in there. i've been in health care for nearly 20 years, and i've never emptied as much trash as just from the waste of his constant diarrhea that he was having was remarkable. and we had these longer surgical type gloves on. they were taped to the tyvek suit, full headgear with a circulator with a hepa filter th

thomas eric duncan. a 42-year-old liberian citizen. on september 15th, in monrovia, duncan assisted a pregnant woman. she later died of ebola. four days later, he flew to dallas to visit family. the cdc says four or five days after that, he developed symptoms, but initially turned away from the dallas hospital. on september 28th, duncan's nephew called the cdc because he wasn't getting care. finally, duncan was admitted to the hospital. his worried family members waiting to hear word of his condition. >> it is very stressful. we are here. we just want -- we appreciate as much help as we can get because eric just got here. now he needs to pay back the hospital. we are still here. we will not sleep. we feel your pain. we hope and pray that eric survives the night. we just have our hopes up for him. >> worried about the bills and surviving the night. meanwhile, we know duncan had contact with a dozen people during the people while he had ebola symptoms. dr. sanjay gupta has more on that. he joins us now. >>

duncan did not get early treatment.ame in on september 25 complaining of a foovever, tolde hospital he had been in liberia, they sent him home and he came back on the 28th. those couple days are crucial. ebola patients need what's called fluid management which is a fancy term for making sure someone doesn't become dehydrated and to go for those two or three days without the fluid management is huge. the other patients who have been treated in the u.s. from the stories that -- the reporting we've heard, they didn't go that far. once they were identified as having ebola they got medical care much more quickly. >> it's just terribly sad. i think that we all had been hoping, hope against hope, that maybe he would fight it, especially since we heard a little bit of positive news. elizabeth, why don't you stick with us? clearly there's things we need to discuss but we want to bring in dr. frank glover, he's a medical missioner and the president of shield in africa, the u.s. company based ngo working in liberia. he also partne

duncan died, i spoke to the reverend and to duncan's nephew -- i'm sorry, i'm just getting in my earologize. about whether they think he and the family were mistreated. he had an interesting answer. take a listen to this, everybody. >> well, yeah, go in there and, like, you know, ostracized, you know, like we didn't belong there. >> by who? the hospital? >> the hospital, the staff, initially. we call, get hung up on, stay on hold for 30 minutes. sometimes we call, get bounced around the hospital about 15 minutes get told we can't speak. and after reverend jackson stepped in, and a lot of people started changing their minds and coming in to assist and, you know, more receptive to our needs. >> why do you think your uncle was turned away from the hospital initially? >> i mean, again, he didn't have insurance. and he's a poor black man. and i believe they didn't believe he deserved the care that, you know, everybody else should get. and you don't treat people like that. >> you just heard the family say they think there was a discrimination piece to this. do you think this is about discr

duncan amongst them.both her parents, her aunt said, have tested positive for ebola and duncan is accused of having left liberia, knowingly taking the virus with him. still behind me is the room that thomas eric duncan was renting here. it is the focal point of so much of the fear and paranoia that is ricocheting around the world. that room through that door is exactly how he left it the day he boarded that plane heading to the united states. she is 12. last week she rushed to her dying sister's aid alongside duncan. none of them could have imagined the consequences, she says. especially not duncan, as he boarded his plaenl will. >> did he know she died of ebola? nobody knew. >> reporter: as america struggles to contain the fear of duncan's diagnosis in dallas, here they're struggling to come to terms with the mounding death toll. already nine others who came into contact with williams are dead or dying. 9-year-old mercy is being looked after by her 17-year-old brother harris. their mother also was among

duncan contracted ebola.a pregnant woman who later died from ebola who was his sister-in-law. his nephew gave a different account. i want to play a little of what he said to erin burnett. >> i asked him did you have any contact with anyone that you know had ebola or do you know where you got it? he said, no, i don't know where i got it. could have been i was hanging out with a bunch of people before i left. he didn't know where he got it. i asked him about the rumors. he said he didn't know where he got it. and the incident that's described in the newspapers and on the radio, that he didn't touch that woman, that he wasn't even living in that area when that happened. >> what are you hearing from the people there? what did they tell you actually happened? >> we spoke to williams' sister and she said she was with duncan when williams collapsed and they both rush to her side amongst a whole group of neighbors and friends and family. mainly because they didn't believe she had ebola. this was a pregnant teenager w

duncan. they've expanded the number of people that they are talking to to about 100 and they are merely trying to see if they had any physical contact with mr. duncan. but an indication at how seriously they are taking the case here, dallas today activated its emergency operations center that is usually not done unless there is some kind of natural or major disaster. that's how serious they are here. the patient, thomas eric duncan is in serious but stable condition tonight at texas presbyterian hospital. health officials are reaching out to as many as 100 people who may have come in contact with duncan, including the ambulance medic who is transported him to the e.r., hospital staff, family, and friends and their children. according to dallas' mayor, duncan came into contact with as many as 20 people. his girlfriend and her children are under quarantine. she has no symptoms at this point but is very worried. >> we have delivered several days of food to that apartment. those people in the apa

duncan or are you sure? >> well first of all i think we have to take every precaution even though i don't believe the ambulance is an issue. we know that he contacted some people, okay. maybe up to 20 individuals. we've got a cross jurisdictional team tracking each of the individuals, interviewing them to make sure there are no symptoms shown. as dr. gupta said, you cannot transfer this unless you are showing symptoms. and they've got -- it takes a while to incubate so time is on our side to make sure that we capture this and nip it in the bud so nobody else gets infected. hopefully in 21 days everybody is healthy. >> and the question about his identity, the family and the friends of mr. duncan relayed this to the media. the hospital and the airline wasn't releasing it. in this kind of a case, i have to ask you, of such important public health when we look at the future here, wouldn't this be a case where you would release the name? >> no. we are law-abiding governments here and we have hippa regulations and

duncan. they're not saying that those people have had direct contact with mr. duncan for sure.have actually been confirmed as having direct contact and those people are being monitored. but the number could go up and they want to find out if there's any other possible direct contacts with mr. duncan. at some point they want to make sure they find everybody. they don't want to find out afterwards there was somebody who did have direct contact with mr. duncan that wasn't found and possibly got sick and became another source in terms of an ebola infection. they want to find everybody now to try to prevent this from turning into an outbreak. it's sort of tried and true methods in terms of outbreak controlp they haven't been able to do it effectively in west africa. they've been missing people which is why the numbers continue to increase. they don't want to miss anybody here, wolf. >> yeah. 6,000 plus people have been infected and more than half of them have already died. so this is a serious crisis and there have been some estimates by the cdc in atlanta maybe as many as a million

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that worker cared for thomas eric duncan, the patient that died last week. we are here with details, this is a concern for a lot of people in the community. >> a big concern there and the american public. fearing for ebola. a health care worker that thomas eric duncan was treated at tested positive for ebola. the health care worker was u.s. late for testing. a state health officials released a statement saying we knew a second scas could be a reality. we are broadening the team in dallas, working to prevent spread. the hospital employee helped to care for thomas eric duncan, the first to be diagnosed with ebola, and died on wednesday. the second person has been diagnosed with a deadly disease. the health care worker will under go treatment and testing. health officials are identifying michael. contacts and exposures. >>> more on this coming up in the next sure, and ross will be back >>> there are pleas for aid to help west africa as the death toll continues to climb. the virus killed 4,033. there's relief in spain with news that the nurse was sitting up. the

duncan. and as you report now, as you did allude to that sheriff deputy is now not showing symptoms consistent with an early ebola diagnosis. is there a sense, i think people outside of texas do get the sense, there's a slow response. not only once mr. duncan was readmitted, the fact that sheriff deputy was even in fear, he did go into that environment to serve that quarantine notice, that there was not anything done necessarily to protect his health. so can you respond to that? and then tell us whether or not there are hospital procedures now in place to ensure that a nurse seeing somebody in the same condition would actually implement immediately movements or, you know, activities to get that person quarantined or treated or at least tested? >> there were procedures in place with the cdc and the county health department to screen for ebola before mr. duncan got here. when those are followed, the person is immediately put in a private room. and the appropriate procedures are carried out. as

in the same ambulance after duncan tuesday. lively is escorted to the hospital in full surgical garb, mask covering his face. all ten patients, mostly health care workers have shown no symptoms. the fifth american arrives back in the u.s. this morning. the father of ashoka mukpo told the newspaper he still has the fever, but his spirits are good. he's the second ebola patient treated at medical center in ohm ma. he'll be treated away from terminal and public areas at the air. >> screening passengers coming into the u.s. from west africa is more complicated than it sounds. there are few if any direct flights left that people are arriving via connections from all points of the globe. >> carol? >> we're going to talk about that later in the newsroom. i'm wondering about this serum that worked so well on american aid workers. now doctors say by giving this serum to mr. duncan, may make him more sick? >> reporter: let's talk about the two medicines. the one you're referring to is zmapp. we're not sure those treated those people. you

thomas eric duncan died with the disease on wednesday. at the hospital treating duncan said he was on a ventilator and on dialysis for kidney failure. this comes as questions of the medical treatment and when he received it. elizabeth cohen is in dallas with more on that. >> reporter: today in dallas, friends and family are mourning the loss of duncan and the care he received at texas health presbyterian. why did the hospital wait five days before asking the fda for permission to use an experimental medicine. his girlfriend released a statement thanking the mayor of dallas and the judge involved in the case, the pastor involved, members of the community, but not thanking the doctors and nurses. that is quite telling. she said this, i trust a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care. in a related development, a deputy sheriff was rushed to the hospital in protective gear because there were fears he might have ebola. however, there are lots of reasons to think he doesn't. consider this, he never actually had co

luego de que duncan falleciera de Ébola despues de 10 dÍas de haber llegado a este hospital.ospital presbiteriano de dallas escamas examina un paciente con Ébola, el cd c trata de calmar a la poblaciÓn. el paciente no tiene sÍntomas dijo el director de esa agencia. segÚn el departamento de bomberos, que trasladÓ al enfermo este estuvo en el departamento de tomas duncan pero no tuvo contacto con Él. esta maÑana a las 7: 51 tomÁs eric duncan perdiÓ su batalla contra el Ébola en este mismo hospital. el pastor george representando a la prometida de duncan en cuarentena afirmÓ que ella y su familia no sÓlo lloran su muerte si no tambiÉn la posibilidad que ese sea su final. duncan de 42 aÑos llegÓ al hospital con dolores abdominal y fiebre el 25 de septiembre, le dijo a una enfermera que venÍa de África y lo mandaron a su casa, 3 dÍas regreso no ambulancia, el 30 de septiembre fue diagnosticado con Ébola. a pesar que recibiÓ una droga experimental su familia alega que no tuvo el mismo tratamiento que los 6 estadounidenses aquejados con la misma enfermedad. sin embargo, algunos mÉdi

after finally being admitted, duncan died in 11. david mattingly, cnn, atlanta. >> of course, the question is if he was admitted on the first visit to the hospital, would he have survived. >> we can't say. it's not possible to answer that. >> that's a scare on wednesday. a texas health official says there's no second ebola case in dallas. >> a sheriff's deputy was hospitalized with ebola-like symptoms, but the health official says he had no direct contact with thomas duncan, does not have a fever, and has no risk of ebola. >> he was a first responder to the apartment where duncan was staying, but apparently he wasn't there for long. >> we were told by federal officials, county officials that he would have to come in direct contact with duncan or direct contact with bodily fluids and he did not. he was in the apartment for maybe 30 minutes, which we're told is no chance to contract the virus. >> the main focus of the ebola outbreak remains in west africa where more than 8,000 suspected confirmed cases are reported and more than 3800

desde dallas, texas, cÓmo han reaccionado los vecinos de duncan al hecho de que vayas personas hayans. >> la angustia y el pÁnico se apodera en de la comunidad donde viviÓ temporalmente duncan convertido en el primer caso de bola de los ee.uu. vecinos se quejÓ de la falta de informaciÓn del tema dijo que encontrÓ un papel en la puerta de su apartamento pero no entendÍa lo que pasaba. >> yo me preguntÉ de qué se trate este papel vi muchas personas paradas es el primer boletÍn que recibirÁn los residentes del lugar donde se alojÓ duncan donde tuvo contacto con cinco niÑos que estÁn bajo estricta vigilancia segÚn indicÓ la administradora del complejo. >> nadie puede entrar al apartamento estÁn adentro y no pueden salir ni al portal un medio hermano de duncan dijo que tiene un hijo en el departamento custodiado. defendiÓ su pariente infectado del joven o de liberia que presentarÁ cargos por negar que tuvo contacto con personas infectadas de Ébola antes de salir del paÍs. >> Él fue examinado por médicos y se vino a los ee.uu. entre tanto autoridades de salud aseguran que entrevistan o cen

duncan. >> thank you, dr. sanjay gupta at the cdc headquarters in atlanta. >>> finally, dallas health officials found a cleaning company to go to the apartment to decontaminate it, but the crew had to leave after discovering they did not have the proper permits for the job. she tells anderson cooper living under quarantine has been difficult. >> have you gone outside? >> no, i'm inside. they did not bring food here. they came late here last night with paper work for us to sign. they are going to take us to court that we'll have committed a crime. >> custodians were cleaning the elementary school wednesday night. one of the four schools attended by five children who had contact with duncan. the five children are now being home schooled. >> we're also enrolled that five students into the home-bound program so they will get curriculum support. >> united airlines reaching out to passengers on the same flight as duncan. nearly 400 passengers were referred to the cdc. united doesn't believe any passengers are at ris

he is in the same hospital where hours earlier duncan died. pastor george mason delivered the news to dinkan's girlfriend, who is quarantined. >> it was a painful and difficult time for her. she reacted as almost anyone would, with great shock and despair. >> reporter: duncan's case exposed serious flaws in the dallas health care system. the hospital released him when he first showed up with a fever and stomach pains, even though he told a nurse he'd come from west africa. he returned two days later by ambulance but had possibly exposed others. duncan's girlfriend, louise troh, now questions whether treatments, including an experimental drug, came too late. in a statement, she said, "i trust a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care." >> she expressed all the "what ifs." you know, "what if they had taken him right away?" and, "what if they had been able to get the treatment to him earlier?" >> reporter: thomas frieden is director for the centers for disease control and prevention. >> one of the things we're worki

he is thomas eric duncan. a 42-year-old liberian citizen, duncan assisted a pregnant woman who later died of ebola. four days later, you flew to dallas to visit family and friends. the cdc says four or five days after that, he developed symptom, but turned away from a dallas hospital. on september 28th, his nephew was frustrated he was not getting care, he called the cdc. he was admitted to the hospital and now family members are awaiting to hear word of his condition. >> this is very stressful. we just want -- we appreciate as much help as we can get. we still will not sleep just like you. we feel the pain. we hope and pray that eric survives the night. we just have our hopes up for him. >> meanwhile, we now know that duncan had contact with at least a dozen people during that period that he was systematic. among the group of people, children. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: john and christine, there is no question what happened is historic. a patient diagnosed in the u

asked thomas duncan about ebola. >> no bells were going off? >> no red flags were raised other than the fact she mentioned liberia twice to the hospital. he was sent home with antibiotics. she went and got it to him. he started to get severe diarrhea in her apartment. one of her children was there. and two nephews in their 20s were there. over the course of the next several days thomas duncan got sicker. louise would go back and forth. she worked during the day. she would come back. she does not believe he left the apartment but she can't say 100% because she wasn't there the full time. she says he never vomited but they were sharing a bed. he was sweating during the night. >> how close do we even know how close of contact? >> they were sharing a bed. he was sweating. and having a lot of diarrhea running to the bathroom. she was at work the day he became sick and louise's daughter came to bring him tea and found him shivering and called an ambulance and followed him, went to the hospital with him. that's when they started to check for ebola. th