Texas Town Quarantined After Family of Five Test Positive for Ebola

Texas Town Quarantined After Family of Five Test Positive for Ebola

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It has been verified that Jack Phillips returned from Dallas last week while on business. Shortly after arriving home, Mr. Phillips began exhibiting flu-like symptoms, but did not immediately go to the hospital. At this time his wife and children began showing similar symptoms, which provoked the family to get tested. Doctors then learned that Phillips, his wife, and three children had contracted Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

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Texas Town Quarantined After Family of Five Test Positive for Ebola