Texas Ebola Patient Eric Duncan Has Died
The first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the US, Eric Duncan, has died, a Texas hospital says.
Thomas Eric Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital and receiving experimental drugs.
Earlier the US announced new security procedures at entry points to check travellers for symptoms of the virus.
More than 3,000 people have died and 7,500 infected, mostly in West Africa, in the worst Ebola outbreak yet.
"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am," a spokesman said in a statement.
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But nobody panic.
Look, Ebola won't be a problem in the West because we have superior medical facilities.
It's not covered under Obamacare.
My thoughts exactly. According to WHO or some other agency like it, a European ebola epidemic is unavoidable. No way it's going to just stay there.
I can't hear you in that space suit!
New security measures? Nice! That's like making the passengers put on their seatbelts after the plane crashes.
I'm a bit concerned, but I have a feeling no one will remember this by Christmas.