Liberian government will prosecute Dallas Ebola patient
Dallas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan is to be prosecuted by the Liberian government for giving false information on his airport departure screening questionnaire.
The document has been obtained by the Associated Press showing he answered ‘no’ to the question whether he had cared for or touched an Ebola patient.
Just days before flying to the US, Duncan helped a 19-year-old pregnant woman suffering from Ebola into a taxi after no ambulance was available.
The woman died a few hours later.
‘He will be prosecuted’ on his return to Liberia, Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority said.
"We expect people to do the honorable thing," he added.
Kesselly claimed people like Duncan have created a ‘stigma’ for Liberians living overseas.
Duncan has said he ‘did not leave Liberia sick’ but conceded he may have unwittingly come into contact with Ebola sufferers.
In Texas, health officials have been in contact with about 80 people who are thought to have been in close contact with Duncan.
Four members of the Duncan family have been quarantined at home and ordered to stay indoors for at least the next two weeks.
A Dallas emergency room initially sent Duncan home after he first complained of sickness, even after he informed medical staff of recent travel in West Africa.
"The scrutiny just needs to be higher now," said spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. Rade Vukmir.
Ebola has so far sickened over 7,000 people in West Africa and almost half have died according to latest figures.
Meanwhile, NBC News network confirmed one of its cameramen, a 33-year-old US national, has been struck with the virus while on assignment in Liberia.
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