Texas Ebola relatives now officially quarantined. Up to 100 Duncan contacts being investigated. [View all]

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/02/ebola-family-quarantined/16579953/

Texas health officials have placed the Dallas family of a Liberian national infected with Ebola under quarantine and ordered them not to leave their home or have any contact with outsiders for 21 days without approval of the local or state health department.

The "control order" also requires the family of Thomas Eric Duncan to be available to provide blood samples and agree to any testing required by public health officials.

Officials said Thursday that the four or five family members could face criminal charges for violating the order, which was delivered to them in writing Wednesday evening.

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Carrie Williams with the Texas Department of State Health Services said health officials are working from a list of about 100 potential or possible contacts.

"Out of an abundance of caution, we're starting with this very wide net, including people who have had even brief encounters with the patient or the patient's home," Williams said. "The number will drop as we focus in on those whose contact may represent a potential risk of infection."