DALLAS — Dallas marked the end of its Ebola crisis Friday when the last of the 177 people who were being monitored for symptoms of the deadly virus were to be cleared at midnight.
Thirty-eight days after Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola in a local hospital, officials expressed relief and resolve that they were prepared if anything similar — with its resulting panic, fear and constant media attention — ever happened again.
“It’s a time to reflect on the sacrifices of our hometown health care heroes and the city, county, and school district employees that worked so hard, along with our state and federal partners, to keep us safe during the Ebola crisis,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins in a statement, calling it an early Thanksgiving for the city.
Monitoring for the last person who came in contact with Duncan or the two nurses who contracted the virus will end at midnight Friday.
About 50 people who returned to Texas from West African countries, where the virus has killed more than 5,000, will remain under monitoring. The Associated Press
