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READ MORE: CDC Confirms First U.S. Ebola Case

“The people who were in the emergency response as well as the family, who had very close contact, even with bodily fluids, they are at a higher risk than others who came in contact,” Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the head of the National Institutes for Health, said. 

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Texas Health Commissioner Dr. David Lakey said that the patient's family members are not allowed to have visitors and must stay home.

Read more on the Ebola case in the New York Times.

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