Amber Vinson named as 2nd Texan Nurse infected with Ebola

Amber Vinson named as 2nd Texan Nurse infected with Ebola


A second health care worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive to Ebola, a few days after a nurse, Nina Pham, tested positive. The new case is also one
of the nurses who attended to late Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who took Ebola to America. The newly infected with Ebola Texan woman, is named as 26-year-old nurse Amber Joy Vinson.She was described as living alone without pets in a Dallas apartment, was identified by Martha Schuler, the mother of Vinson's former stepfather.

Confirming the 2nd diagnoses, the US Center for Disease Control and prevention said in a statement 
"A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary test performed overnight by the Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory".
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