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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Doctor Chris Braden addressed media in Akron Thursday afternoon, telling reporters that Ebola patient Amber Vinson may have had symptoms as early as Oct. 10.

(John Harper/Northeast Ohio Media Group)

AKRON, Ohio -- Amber Joy Vinson may have had Ebola symptoms as early as Friday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said, and passengers on the Oct. 10 flight the Dallas nurse took to Cleveland will be contacted.

There are now eight people under quarantine in Northeast Ohio after coming into contact with Vinson while she visited family in Tallmadge Oct. 10-13.

Summit County Public Health is asking people who visited Coming Attractions, a bridal shop on East Tallmadge Avenue, from noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, to contact the health department at 330-926-3939.

"We had started to look at the possibility that she had symptoms going back as far as Saturday, (Oct. 11)," CDC Dr. Chris Braden said. "This has to do with the bridal shop. Some more information that has come through recently says we can't rule out that she might have had the start of her symptoms on Friday."

Summit County and Ohio Department of Health officials had previously maintained that Vinson was not experiencing any symptoms while in Ohio. Ebola patients become contagious when symptoms appear.

Braden said Vinson did not have typical Ebola symptoms even when she was diagnosed with the virus Tuesday.

Vinson, 29, a graduate of Firestone High School and Kent State University who worked at Summa Akron City Hospital from 2007-12, is planning her wedding.

"She did not have the typical Ebola symptoms even when she was diagnosed with Ebola; it makes it a little bit hard to go back and say that she may have made some comment that she was feeling funny," Braden said. "Does that count? That's the judgment that comes to play when we made."

The CDC is now reviewing how much protection health workers need to avoid infection and is considering changing guidelines for health workers exposed to Ebola, CDC Dr. Chris Braden said.

"We are learning more about what it takes to protect yourself from Ebola. We have not identified exactly what happened for (Vinson) to become infected," Braden said.

Hospitals across the state are conducting drills to prepare for potential Ebola patients, required by the Ohio Department of Health.