{"id":54642,"date":"2014-10-08T15:35:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=54642"},"modified":"2014-10-08T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:35:23","slug":"us-ebola-patient-thomas-duncan-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/us-ebola-patient-thomas-duncan-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"US Ebola patient Thomas Duncan dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital following his diagnosis last month.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier the US announced new security procedures at entry points to check travellers for symptoms of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 people have died in West Africa in the worst Ebola outbreak yet.<\/p>\n<p>While Mr Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed within the US, three American aid workers and a photojournalist contracted the virus in Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said. 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