By Sky News US Team
Police and armed security guards are keeping guard at the apartment where the first man to be diagnosed with ebola in the US had been staying.
Four people close to Thomas Duncan have been quarantined, and cannot leave their home in the apartment complex in Dallas.
They were hit with a confinement order after they failed to comply with a request to stay home, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
The order aims to ensure the woman, her 13-year-old son and two nephews can be closely monitored for signs of the disease.
"Who wants to be locked up?" Louise Troh told the AP news agency, saying her family felt "stressed" at the situation.
The sheets and other items used by Mr Duncan, who flew from Liberia last month, were sealed in plastic bags. Maintenance workers scrubbed the area with high-pressure water and bleach.
Workers handed out flyers in multiple languages alerting residents to the situation, and the Red Cross delivered boxes of food in the evening.
The first Ebola diagnosis in the nation has raised concerns about whether the disease that has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa could spread in the US.
Authorities are looking to trace some 100 people who may have been exposed to Mr Duncan directly or indirectly.
Some parents have temporarily removed their children from Dallas schools after learning that five students may have come into contact with him.
Federal health officials say they are confident they can keep it in check.
But Mr Duncan's case has put the public on alert and raised questions over the US authorities' response to ebola, as an American cameraman working in Liberia has been diagnosed with the virus and will be flown back.
Mr Duncan arrived in the US on 20 September after a 28-hour long journey via Brussels that spanned three flights and three continents.
Authorities stress there is no risk to fellow travellers because he did not show symptoms during his journey and because the virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as blood or saliva.
He first went to a Dallas emergency room on September 26 but was sent home with antibiotics even after he informed hospital staff that he had travelled from Liberia. The information apparently did not reach physicians.
He was then admitted on September 28.
In Liberia, authorities announced plans to prosecute Mr Duncan when he returns, accusing him of lying about not having any contact with an infected person.
The government said Mr Duncan failed to declare that he helped a neighbour after she fell critically ill on September 15.
The woman, who was pregnant, died.
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