Amber Joy Vinson, the second healthcare worked diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas, traveled by plane the day before she reported coming down with symptoms, CBS reported on Wednesday.
The CDC is working to get in touch with all of the passengers on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13. Passengers can call an information line set up by public health officials at 1 800-CDC INFO. Passengers will be interviewed about the flight starting on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Vinson didn't exhibit symptoms while on the flight, crew members reported, but she experienced a fever the next day and was quarantined within 90 minutes of seeking medical attention. The entire flight must be notified due to how quickly she began came down with symptoms after the flight.
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said those who have been exposed to Ebola should reframe from traveling on a commercial airline. He said CDC guidelines suggest traveling in a controlled environment, like a call or chartered plane, but not public transportation. The other 75 hospital workers who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital will be barred from flying by the CDC.
The airline is cooperating with the CDC to notify all of the flights passengers. The plane has also been disinfected and taken out of service, according to KKTV.
The worker's preliminary positive Ebola test result has been returned and the CDC is working to finalize the diagnosis further their laboratory.
The woman's apartment complex common areas and the area outside on her unit were disinfected by federal agencies Wednesday morning. Decontamination of the inside of her home and car is set to begin Wednesday afternoon. The buildings tenants will also be notified of her infection.
"We want to remind Dallas County residents not to panic and overreact," county health director Zach Thompson told CBS News. "We just want Dallas County residents to stay calm."
