Man Who May Have Been Exposed To Ebola Moved To 'Undisclosed Location'
Updated at 2:45 a.m.
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DALLAS (CBS) — A homeless man being sought because of possible contact with the lone U.S. Ebola patient was found Sunday in Texas after several hours of searching and is now at an "undisclosed location" being monitored, officials said early Monday.
The person is not considered to be one of the 10 people who definitely had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, who is in critical condition at a Dallas hospital.
However, he is part of a larger group of 38 people who may have been around Duncan when he was showing symptoms of the disease, officials said.
Michael Lively has an unlikely connection to the Ebola investigation.
He was the first patient transported in the ambulance used to carry Thomas Duncan to Presbyterian Hospital.
Duncan would later be diagnosed with Ebola.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins oversaw the search for Lively, who police sources said is a frequent panhandler along Northeast Dallas streets.
On Sunday, a police officer found Lively and took him to Parkland Hospital where he was tested and evaluated for symptoms.
Authorities described him as one of the low risk contacts on a list of dozens.
Lively was found a few hours after officials on Sunday morning announced he was missing, Dallas city spokeswoman Sana Syed said.
Duncan was listed in critical condition Sunday at a Dallas hospital.
Authorities had monitored Lively a day earlier, but want to take his temperature regularly to make sure he doesn't have a fever, a possible symptom of Ebola infection.
Jenkins said the man would receive a mental health evaluation at Dallas' Parkland Hospital.
Lively was transferred out of the hospital late Sunday.
"He's at an undisclosed location being cared for and monitored," said Syed told CBS 11 News early Monday morning.
About 800 calls and emails are coming in daily to the CDC on Ebola, up from about 50 to 100 before Duncan was diagnosed on Tuesday, said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Frieden said he is scheduled to brief President Obama on Monday.
Duncan has been hospitalized at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for one week and was listed Sunday in critical condition. Frieden said Sunday that he was aware that Duncan's health had "taken a turn for the worse," but he declined to say what signs of poor health Duncan had shown.
Four members of a family who hosted Duncan in their northeast Dallas apartment are under isolation, though they have not shown symptoms of infection.
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