Deputy Who Delivered Ebola Quarantine Order in Hospital ER

Will Montgomery(DALLAS) — A sheriff’s deputy who helped serve a quarantine order on the apartment where Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan had been staying is being examined at a Dallas hospital for “possible exposure to the Ebola virus.”

The deputy was admitted to the emergency room of Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas on Wednesday.

“Right now, there are more questions than answers about this case,” the hospital said in a statement.

The deputy, who was not identified, did not have contact with Duncan, who was hospitalized at the time the quarantine order was issued, and is not considered a high risk person, a Dallas County official told ABC News.

“Our professional staff of nurses and doctors is prepared to examine the patient, discuss any findings with appropriate agencies and officials. We are on alert with precautions and systems in place,” the hospital said.

Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was asked about the patient.

“There is someone who does not have either definite contact or definite symptoms of Ebola, who is being assessed,” Frieden said.

“We are tracing the other 48 people” who were exposed to Duncan, he said. “None of them as of today have had fever or symptoms of Ebola.”

“We’re at peak incidence period of symptoms which is eight to 10 days after exposure,” Frieden said.

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