Second health care worker Amber Jay Vinson tests positive for Ebola in Texas

A SECOND health care worker at a Texas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, after she treated Thomas Eric Duncan who died from the disease.

The worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated, hospital spokeswoman Carrie Williams said

The facility will now begin monitoring all those who had contact with the unidentified worker for signs of potential exposures.

The preliminary Ebola test was done late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and results received around midnight.

Infected ... Amber Jay Vinson, 29, is the second Texas nurse in a matter of days to be diagnosed with Ebola. Picture: Twitter Source: Supplied

A second test will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

A statement from the hospital stated today: “Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored. The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.”

“The Texas Department of State Health Services also continues to monitor people who came into contact with the first two Ebola patients diagnosed in the state. The first was a man who had recently arrived in the U.S. from Liberia, where there is an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The second was another health care worker who provided care for the initial patient while he was in the hospital.”