WASHINGTON, D.C. — Health officials have new guidelines for how they should gear up to treat Ebola patients.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the standards Monday night. They include full double gloves, face shields, surgical hoods, waterproof boot covers and other materials that leave no skin exposed. The guidelines also call for repeated training and practice.
43 people who had contact with Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan are let out of isolation and symptom-free. They include Duncan’s fiancee and family members who stayed in a Dallas apartment with him before he was admitted to the hospital. About 120 people continue to be monitored for symptoms.
Some good news on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 4,500 people. The World Health Organization says Nigeria is Ebola free. There hasn’t been a new case in 42 days, twice the incubation time for the virus.
