For more than a month since September 30, Dallas, Texas, became the center of attention as it confirmed three positive cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD), which has already killed almost 5,000 people in West Africa alone.
As of Friday, November 6, however, Dallas can already celebrate as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the federal government considered it clear of the virus. All the remaining people monitored for any symptoms of the virus remained negative after being quarantined for 21 days.
The hospital received the good news along with former president George Bush who lived only a few miles from the hospital and nurse Amber Vinson, who contracted the virus herself.
The problem with Ebola infection in Dallas began with Eric Thomas Duncan of Liberia developed symptoms a few days after he arrived in the country to visit his family and friends. He checked into the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital when he showed initial symptoms. The hospital released him afterward. However, only a few days after, Duncan started vomiting that compelled the hospital to test him for Ebola. When he turned positive, the hospital immediately quarantined him. He died on October 8.
The virus, though, found its way to two nurses who cared for Duncan.