THOMAS DUNCAN IS DEAD.. BREAKING NEWS TODAY
NBC NEWS REPORTS..
And I cannot help but think of those rumors days ago that Duncan already had died but there were emergency crews rushing to the hospital to properly dispose of the body, hence the news wasn’t revealed.
So either he was dead then or now.. but he’s dead.
Ebola kills the first US patient..
MEANWHILE..
FLASHBACK OCTOBER 3 2014: Sgt. Monnig and the other deputies were not wearing any type of protective gear when they accompanied county health officials into the apartment late Wednesday to issue an order to the people inside, forbidding them from leaving the apartment. »
And now, days later.. Monnig is being tested for EBOLA..
Could take 48 hours to confirm if deputy has Ebola »
More on this as it develops.. But here is what is known so far according to the WFAA reports:
The patient was identified as Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Michael Monnig, who accompanied county health officials Zachary Thompson and Christopher Perkins into the Dallas apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan had been staying when he fell ill with Ebola.
"Initial reports from the urgent care facility indicated the patient had direct contact with the Dallas ‘patient zero’; however, Frisco firefighter-paramedics now report the patient says he had contact with the apartment and family members related to the Dallas ‘patient zero’ prior to the apartment being decontaminated," said city of Frisco spokesperson Dana Baird.