Ebola-exposed hospital worker reportedly self-monitoring on cruise ship

An unidentified health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who was self monitoring because of possible exposure to the Ebola virus, is on a cruise ship with her husband, according to media reports.

The ship, identified as from the Carnival Magic line, left Galveston on Oct. 12. A Carnival ship reportedly is being held off shore near Belize, according to media reports. Few details were available early Friday.

According to media reports, the worker is in self quarantine on the ship with her husband. The health care worker reportedly handled blood samples from Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died Oct. 8 at the hospital from Ebola. She and her husband are not showing any symptoms, according to media reports.

In other developments:

• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital released a video of nurse Nina Pham interacting with co-workers inside her isolation room at the hospital. Pham was transferred by plane Thursday evening to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. You can see the video below.
• The hospital released a statement saying it has a non-retaliation policy in response to nurse Briana Aguirre's appearances Thursday on several media outlets in which she was critical of how the hospital handled the case of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola at the hospital on Oct. 8. Aguirre made appearances on the Today show and on CNN, among others.
• Public health officials at the NIH on Friday morning said that Pham was in "fair" condition. She had been listed in good condition at Texas Health Presbyterian. Pham is fatiqued, NIH officials said.

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