26 Year old Dallas nurse, Nina Pham has been identified as the new Ebola case in Dallas. She was among the 50 staff who cared for Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who later died on October 8th.
She is said to probably have had the closest contact with Duncan as she was his personal nurse and was in his room often. She and others who cared for Duncan wore protective gear, including gowns, gloves, masks, face shields, and sometimes full-body suits, that obviously didn't help Nina.
Nina is officially the first person to contract the disease within the US and is being treated in the same hospital. As part of her treatment, she received a blood transfusion from Ebola survivor, Dr Kent Brantly yesterday.
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