Thomas Duncan, 42, the first patient diagnosed with Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the United States died Wednesday in isolation unit at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas.
According to the hospital authorities, quoted in several American media reports, Duncan, a Liberian, died at 7.51am, a week after the virus was detected in him.
It was initially detected September 30, five days after he had initially checked himself into the hospital. He had been discharged but his condition worsened, thus, he returned to the hospital September 28.
Mr. Duncan had been treated with an experimental antiviral drug, brincidofovir, after the US’ Food and Drug Administration approved its use on an emergency basis.
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