CDC asking the passengers on flight to call the health agency so they can be monitored
The Associated Press Posted: Oct 15, 2014 1:35 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 15, 2014 11:54 AM ET
Health officials are alerting airline passengers who were on the same flight as a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola the next day.
The 132 passengers were on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday.
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The hospital worker was involved in the care of a Liberian man who died of Ebola last week at a Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
The airplane's crew said the nurse had no symptoms of Ebola during the flight. But the next morning she developed a fever and on Tuesday night tested positive for Ebola.
Infected Ebola patients are not considered contagious until they have symptoms.
A Liberian Ebola patient who died at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was left in an open area of the ER for hours, and the nurses treating him worked for days without proper protective gear and faced constantly changing protocols, the largest U.S. nurses' union says. (LM Otero/The Associated Press)
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking the passengers to call the health agency so they can be monitored.
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