Ebola patient called CDC before getting on flight The nurse who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus on Wednesday called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to tell them she had low-grade fever and to tell them she was getting on a plane, and they told her it was OK to board. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT BOSTON'S NEWS LEADER, THIS IS WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 AT 11:00. BREAKING NEWS OFF THE TOP AT 11:00. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CANCELED A PLANNED TRIP FOR TOMORROW AS CONCERNS ABOUT EBOLA GROW. THERE ARE FEARS A SECOND PATIENT IN DALLAS HAS PUT MANY MORE AT RACENG SHMENT THIS IS NEW VIDEO OF THE PATIENTRRIVING IN ATLANTA. THIS HAPPENED A FEW HOURS AGO AND WALKED FROM THE AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITALP. THE BIG CONCERN TONIGHT IS WHERE THAT WOMAN WAS OVER THE WEEKEND FLYING FROM TEXAS TO OHIO AND BACK AGAIN AS THE SYMPTOMS WERE STARTING. THE STUNNING NEWS BREAKING WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. SHE CALLED THE CDC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OK TO FLY. MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWS SCHOOL? MARY? WELL, HEATHER, SHE TOLD THE CDC OFFICER IN CHARGE OF MONITORING THE HEALTH SHE HAD FEVER BUT IT WAS BELOW 104.4. THE OFFICER THEN TOLD HER TO GET ON THE PLANE. AS 29-YEAR-OLD AMBER VINCENT ARRIVED FOR TREATMENT, THAT ARE NEW QUESTIONS HOW SHE CONTRACTED EBOLA. WHETHER THE MOVEMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE RESTRICTED. HE WITH KNOW VINCENT FLEW TO VISIT THE MOTH EARN PLAN THE WEDDING. BY SUNDAY, VINCENT'S COWORKER NURSE HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR EBOLA. VINCENT HAD EXTENSIVE CONTACT WITH THOMAS ERIC DUNCAN, WHO DIED OF EBOLA LAST WEEK. VINCENT HAD DRAWN HIS BLOOD, HANDLED HIS CATHETERS AT TIME WHEN HAD SEVERE VOMITING. YET MONDAY, VINCENT BOARDED THIS FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT WITH 132 OTHER PASSENGERS AND FLU BACK TO DALLAS, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD LOW-GRADE FEVER, 99.5 BEFORE SHE BOARDED. MEANWHILE, 75 HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN DALLAS, WHO ALSO TREATED DUNCAN, ARE STILL BEING MONITORED. ITE MAY GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BET. IT WILL GET. THERE IS HIGH XINE TY TY. A REVIEW REVEALING HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR WITH TWO DAYS BEFORE PEOPLE TREATING HIM STARTED WEARING HAZMAT TOO SUITES. NATIONALING NEWS' UNION ACCUSING THE DALLAS HOSPITAL OF SERIOUS SAFETY LAPSE SAYING IT SEVERAL HOURS TO PUT DOWN CANE ICE LAYS THAT NURSE'S PROTECTIVE CLOTHING LEFT SKIN EXPOSED AND POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS WASTE WAS PILING UP. ONCE AGAIN, THE BREAKING NEWS SH. THE CDC CONFIRMING THAT AMBER VINCENT DID CALL AND REPORT A LOW-GRADE FEVER AND SHE WAS TOLD

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