Ebola Patient's Family Under Forced Quarantine in Dallas

Relatives of the Liberian man being treated for Ebola in Dallas are under a forced quarantine after defying previous orders to stay home, Texas officials confirmed Thursday

The "strict public health control order" was put in place after a member of Thomas Duncan's family in northeast Dallas reportedly violated earlier requests to stay indoors and not allow any visitors to enter the home

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Four people are now under quarantine in the apartment, including Duncan's partner, one of his partner's children and two of her nephews. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, said the quarantine was put in place so health officials could monitor the family more closely, checking them for fevers multiple times a day for the next 21 days Read more...

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