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http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Family-That-Hosted-Ebola-Patient-Confined-to-Home-277965961.html
Friday, Oct 3, 2014 • Updated at 4:59 PM EDT
A hazardous-materials crew return Friday to a Dallas apartment where the U.S. Ebola patient stayed to collect bed sheets and towels used by the infected man before he was hospitalized.
The family living in the apartment has been confined to their home while public-health officials monitor them, and they'll remain there while the home is cleaned Friday — part of an intense effort to contain the deadly disease before it can get a foothold in the United States.
On Friday morning, the office of Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins released a statement saying a private company hired to decontaminate the apartment has finished its initial site assessment and will begin cleanup Friday. The cleaning is expected to take about three hours and the materials taken from the site will be taken to a secure location, he said.
"We are coordinating with our state and federal partners to ensure compliance with regulations regarding transfer of hazardous materials," the statement read.
Louise Troh, who shares the apartment with her 13-year-old son and two nephews, said she is tired of being quarantined and wants authorities to decontaminate her home.
"Who wants to be locked up?" she said Thursday.
Private security guards and sheriff's deputies blocked the entrance to the 300-unit apartment complex.
The confinement order, which also bans visitors, was imposed after the family failed to comply with a request to stay home.