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3rd Ebola Patient in Dallas Flew on Plane Monday
Posted: Oct 15, 2014 10:41 AM CDT
Updated: Oct 15, 2014 11:18 AM CDT
By WKRG Staff
Frontier Airlines and CDC confirm that the third patient traveled by air Oct. 13, the day before she reported symptoms.
BREAKING: Family members have confirmed the identity of the third Ebola patient as 26-year-old Amber Joy Vinson, a nurse with Texas Health Resources in Dallas.
UPDATE: Frontier Airlines and CDC confirm that the third patient traveled by air Oct. 13, the day before she reported symptoms. Officials have alerted passengers. She flew from Cleveland to Dallas after exposure.
The CDC is asking all 132 passengers of Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to DFW on Oct. 13 to contact 1-800-CDC-INFO.
The woman "exhibited no symptoms or sign of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew," Frontier Airlines said in a statement.
Earlier, she flew from Dallas-Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier Flight 1142 on October 10.
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