DALLAS (AP) — A hospital official says the man who’s tested positive for Ebola appeared at a Dallas hospital complaining of illness but was released before returning later as his condition worsened.
Dr. Edward Goodman, epidemiologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, says the man first arrived at the hospital either late Thursday or early Friday.
Goodman said during a news conference Tuesday that it wasn’t until the man reappeared Sunday that they discovered he was in West Africa. The virus has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and infected a handful of Americans who have traveled there.
State health officials describe the man as seriously ill but Goodman says he’s communicating with staff.
He says the man is being treated in a segregated part of the hospital away from other patients.
