A second patient with Ebola symptoms walked into a Texas clinic today and told medics he had been in contact with first victim Thomas Duncan.
The CareNow clinic in Frisco, Texas was placed in lock-down after the person appeared on Wednesday and was exhibiting signs of the deadly virus.
The patient answered yes in a screening questionnaire to a question about travel to West Africa and is said to have contact with Duncan, referred to as ‘patient zero’.
Mr Duncan, 42, died on Wednesday morning at Texas Presbyterian Hospital after developing symptoms of the disease almost two weeks ago.
It is not yet clear how the patient came in alleged contact with Mr Duncan or if he is among the 48 people being monitored for the deadly virus by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Frisco patient was rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance after turning up at the urgent care clinic on Main Street, CBS confirmed.
Medics at the clinic called 911 at around 12.30pm to request an ambulance for the patient.
The clinic was keeping everyone at the center until they are checked out by the CDC – it is unknown how many people were exposed to the patient.
The CDC will host a press conference at 4pm (ET) to update the public and the media, the White House announced just minutes after the existence of a second Ebola patient was reported.
Mr Duncan, a 42-year-old Liberian national, exposed nearly 50 people to the disease in America before he was put in isolation at Texas Presbyterian.
