DALLAS (AP) — A hazardous-materials crew has decontaminated the Texas apartment where an Ebola patient was staying when he got sick.
An official in Dallas said the crew placed the items such as clothing and linens in industrial barrels to be taken to a storage facility. They’ll likely be incinerated at a landfill.
The family that the infected man was visiting has been moved from the apartment to a private residence in a gated community that was offered by a volunteer. None of the family members has shown any symptoms. They had been confined to the apartment under armed guard.
Judge Clay Jenkins, Dallas County’s top administrative official, said he went to the apartment with two epidemiologists to apologize for the delay in removing the soiled items.
In Washington, Obama administration health officials urged calm and said the government is prepared to deal with Ebola in the U.S. and in West Africa.
Meanwhile, NBC News says an American freelance cameraman infected in Liberia will be flown back to the U.S. for treatment.
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