About 80 people, who had either direct or indirect contact with Thomas Eric Duncan-Index Ebola patient are now in strict monitoring for signs of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease-EVD.
Erikka Neroes-spokeswoman for Dallas County Department of Health and Human Serives told the media on Thursday that the people have been asked to report to Texas Health Officials or US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention if they show symptoms of the virus.
Four family members of Duncan have been issued a legal-binding to stay home and not have any visitors until at least Oct. 19, when the incubation period of the virus should be over.
Authorities are calling for calm as panic set in after officials announced on Wednesday that five students who had close contact with the Ebola patient went to four different schools this week.
A crew of infectious disease experts have been sent to Dallas by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help local agencies deal with the case.
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