[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The number of people directly exposed to an Ebola patient in Dallas has been narrowed to nine.
They, and an additional 40 people who may have come in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, are being monitored by federal and local public health officials, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The nine family members and healthcare workers have not shown any symptoms of the disease.
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where Duncan is currently being treated, said Saturday his condition had worsened to critical from serious in the previous two days. They didn't provide any other details about his health.
Duncan, who traveled from Liberia last week, is the first case of Ebola in the United States. Over 3,400 have died from Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., called Saturday for Obama to create an Ebola "czar" to centralize the federal response to the virus.
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