US Nurse With Ebola Says She is doing well

The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola from the first patient diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. said Tuesday that she was recovering and was upbeat about her treatment. As she battles the deadly virus, officials have rolled out new safety measures at the hospital where she worked to help prevent the deadly disease from spreading further. Meanwhile, in a statement released by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the nurse, Nina Pham, said, “I’m doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers.” “I am blessed by the support of family and friends and am blessed to be cared for by the best team of doctors and nurses in the world here at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas,” she added. Ms. Pham, 26 years old, has been in isolation at the hospital since Friday, when she developed a low-grade fever and drove herself to the facility. She was part of a group of hospital workers who were told to monitor their temperatures as a precaution because they had treated Thomas Eric Duncan, a 42-year-old Liberian native, from the time he was admitted to the hospital on Sept. 28 until he died Wednesday.