Ebola victim in US has died, Texas hospital officials have said.
He was Thomas Eric Duncan, 42yr old , who was on experimental drugs who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital.
For checking sign and symptoms of virus US has announced new screening measures.
Due to Ebola outbreak 3,865 people has died, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am," a spokesman said in a statement.
The news came shortly after US Secretary of State John Kerry urged all nations to boost their response to combat the virus.
"More countries can and must step up," he said in a joint press conference with his British counterpart Philip Hammond
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