Ebola: First US patient is dead

The first Ebola patient diagnosed in United States, Thomas Eric Duncan is dead.

Duncan’s demise was announced by the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday.

“It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51”, the hospital said in a statement.

“Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola. He fought courageously in this battle. Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the entire Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas community, are also grieving his passing”, the statement said.

Duncan, a Liberian man who had traveled to Texas to visit family, was the first person to contract the disease while in the U.S. and became the first person to die of the disease in the U.S.

He had been in isolation at the hospital in Dallas since September 28.

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