Nina Pham, the nurse who had been caring for Thomas Duncan who became the first person to contract the Ebola virus in the U.S., is being moved from Dallas to Maryland.
Dallas nurse Nina Pham is being moved from Dallas to N.I.H., sources tell @elizcohencnn
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 16, 2014
Dallas Ebola patient Nina Pham will be transferred to a National Institutes of Health facility in Maryland. NA-30TH
— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) October 16, 2014
MORE: Nina Pham, Dallas nurse infected with Ebola, expected to be moved to Maryland http://t.co/IKhHdyDhbh pic.twitter.com/Lgo6MIvNLy
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 16, 2014
Pham will reportedly be moved to an isolation unit at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
The follow-up question for many was “why?”
https://twitter.com/Amyatbeach/status/522776983550181377
@jaketapper @elizcohencnn Here's the question we all want to know though…. WHY? Are they closing down the #Ebola unit at #Presby?
— McBlondeLand (@McBlondeLand) October 16, 2014
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@jaketapper @elizcohencnn Has her health gotten worse…?
— DoodleRue (@AnaRomanik) October 16, 2014
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