The young woman who is first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United States is a critical care nurse who graduated from Texas Christian University in 2010 and whose friends praised as compassionate, the Dallas Morning News reported on Monday.
The newspaper said it did not publish the young woman's name because it has not been released by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital but identified her through public records, social media sites, a state nursing database and interviews with people who knew her. It did not publish her age.
Health officials have said she had close and frequent contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, during his 11-day treatment at the hospital. Duncan contracted Ebola in his home country of Liberia and became ill after arriving in Texas. He died on Wednesday.
There has been no official statement given on her condition but health officials have said testing indicated that the Ebola virus infection level in her body was relatively low.
After graduating from Texas Christian University, she pursued a career in nursing and in August posted on her Facebook site that she had became a registered nurse and obtained credentials as a critical care nurse, the newspaper reported.
The newspaper reported that the woman owns a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and that officials said the dog was being cared for.
At the Fort Worth church she attended with her family, she is known for her caring.
"I expect, with the big heart that she has, she went beyond what she was supposed to do to help anyone in need," Tom Ha, who taught the woman in his Bible class at Our Lady of Fatima, told the newspaper.
Ha told the newspaper that he and others are translating health information into Vietnamese to assist others in learning about Ebola.
On Sunday, her apartment in a section of Dallas known for its carefully restored older homes, was cleaned by a team specializing in removing hazard materials.
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