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Oct152014

Texas dept.: 2nd person tests positive for Ebola

DateWednesday, October 15, 2014 at 08:45AM

DALLAS (AP) — Officials in Dallas say the second health care worker who has tested positive for Ebola was in isolation within 90 minutes of taking her temperature.

They also said she lives alone with no pets and decontamination work has begun at her residence.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said early Wednesday that the second hospital worker who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. had tested positive for the disease.

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