Photo: Left -Youngor Jallah, the stepdaughter of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan-Right
The stepdaughter of Texas Ebola victim, Thomas Duncan, who called 911 and rode in the ambulance with the man she calls 'Daddy' has been told she can return to work, MailOnline can reveal.
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Nursing assistant Youngor Jallah, 35, has been in 'quarantine' in her small Dallas apartment along with her husband, Aaron Yah, 43, and their four children ages 2 to 11 since Thomas Duncan's devastating diagnosis last Monday.MailOnline has reported that Mr Yah, also a nursing assistant, had been told he could return to work at the end of last week.
Ms Jallah whose contact with Mr Duncan - who remains in a critical condition - was far more intimate and prolonged than that of her husband, told MailOnline on Monday: 'The CDC came yesterday. They said I can go back to work but I do not know what I will do. I will not go back yet.'
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| Thomas Eric Duncan, seen here with a relative when he first landed in the U.S |
Doctors say that no-one is at risk of catching the virus unless they come into contact with a sufferer who is exhibiting symptoms.
But it is unlikely that Youngor will return to work until the family have gone through the 21 days considered the latest time between exposure and manifestation of Ebola.
She does not intend to allow her eldest child to return to school before the October 17. She has no child-care provisions either - as her mother, Louise Troh, 54, the woman who Mr Duncan traveled to the States to marry, provided childcare and remains in quarantine in a secret location along with her 13-year-old son, nephew and a friend.
The decision to let Ms Jallah return to work is proof of CDC official's confidence that there are no contagious carriers of Ebola in the community.
But Ms Jallah and her family still live with the fear that they may develop symptoms.
She does not hug or kiss her children out of fear and the family pray together each day, asking God to 'Destroy Ebola', to save their family, to save America.
It was Ms Jallah who first raised the alarm after Mr Duncan’s condition suddenly worsened. He had been sent home from his first hospital visit with medication for his diarrhea.
Ms Jallah had seen Mr Duncan following his arrival in the States at the end of last month. Her children had slept in the apartment.
Culled - MailOnLine
But it is unlikely that Youngor will return to work until the family have gone through the 21 days considered the latest time between exposure and manifestation of Ebola.
She does not intend to allow her eldest child to return to school before the October 17. She has no child-care provisions either - as her mother, Louise Troh, 54, the woman who Mr Duncan traveled to the States to marry, provided childcare and remains in quarantine in a secret location along with her 13-year-old son, nephew and a friend.
The decision to let Ms Jallah return to work is proof of CDC official's confidence that there are no contagious carriers of Ebola in the community.
But Ms Jallah and her family still live with the fear that they may develop symptoms.
She does not hug or kiss her children out of fear and the family pray together each day, asking God to 'Destroy Ebola', to save their family, to save America.
It was Ms Jallah who first raised the alarm after Mr Duncan’s condition suddenly worsened. He had been sent home from his first hospital visit with medication for his diarrhea.
Ms Jallah had seen Mr Duncan following his arrival in the States at the end of last month. Her children had slept in the apartment.
Culled - MailOnLine
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