Infected Dallas doctor fights for his life
(CNN) Patrick Sawyer had one stop to make before heading home to Minnesota to celebrate his daughters birthdays: a conference in Lagos, Nigeria.
But when he landed in Lagos, Sawyer, 40, collapsed getting off the plane. He had been infected with Ebola in Liberia, where he worked as a top government official in the Liberian Ministry of Finance.
Sawyer wife Decontee Sawyer, lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, with the couple three young daughters, 5 year old Eva, 4 year old Mia, and Bella, who is 1. The Sawyers are naturalized citizens; their daughtbuy patagonia wetsuits ukers were born in the United States. citizen, Decontee told CNN. presidential election. for many years, and wanted that for Liberia a better democracy. is the first American to die in what health officials are calling the Ebola outbreak in history. His death has sparked concerns that the virus could potentially spread to the United States.
weren really taking it [Ebola] seriously until it hit Patrick, Decontee said. are ready to take action. take a step back and look at what we know about the Ebola outbreak:
Up until this past week, the Ebola outbreak had been contained to three West African countries: Guinea, where it began, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Sawyer is the first known case outside of these three countries.
As of July 23, the World Health Organization had cpatagonia r4 review0onfirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in the region, but suspects there have been many unreported infections and there may be more like 1,200 cases. Sierra Leone has been hardest hit with approximately 525 cases.
The World Health Organization says as of July 23, there have been 456 confirmed Ebola deaths, and another 216 suspected deaths, bringing the number possibly to more than 670.
The country of Guinea has the most suspected deaths. The epidemic has been in that country longer. It is believed the epidemic began in the nation capital of Conakry.
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Have other Americans been infected?
Last week, two American aid workers in Liberia capital city, Monrovia, were confirmed to have the disease. Doctors and medical staff are particularly vulnerable to the virus because it spreads through exposure to bodily fluids from the infected. It can also spread through contact with an object contaminated by an infected person bodily fluids.
Dr. Kent Brantly, infected with Ebola virus
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have a strong family unit within a stronger faith community that has given us incredible support, the Brantly family said in a statement. remains very physically weak, but his spirit has been determined throughout this ordeal. Writebol from Charlotte, North Carolina, has also been infected. She is employed by Serving in Mission, or SIM, and had teamed up with the staff from Samaritan Purse to help fight the Ebola outbreak in Monrovia when she got sick. She, too, is undergoing treatment.
It is believed one of the local staff was infected with Ebola and came to work with the virus on Monday and Tuesday, Isaacs told CNN.
think it was in the scrub down area where the disease was passed to both Nancy and Kent, he said. That staff member died on Thursday.
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