A Texas healthcare worker who may have had contact with clinical specimens collected from Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has been isolated in a cabin on a cruise ship in Belize, according to U.S. Department of State.

The employee of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital departed the United States via a commercial cruise ship on Oct. 12 from Galveston, Texas. She was out of the country before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated requirements for active monitoring, the State Department said in a statement.

The employee did not have direct contact with the since deceased Ebola patient, but may have had contact with clinical specimens collected from him, it said.

The employee has been self-monitoring, including daily temperature checks, since Oct. 6, and has not had a fever or demonstrated any symptoms of illness. It has been 19 days since the passenger may have processed the since deceased patient’s fluid samples.

The cruise line has actively supported CDC's efforts to speak with the employee, and the U.S. is now working with the cruise line to safely bring the worker and her traveling partner back to the United States "out of an abundance of caution," according to the statement.

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