A number of Dallas locals and the family of the first Ebola patient treated in the U.S. have recently been cleared for the end a standard quarantine period for those who have come in contact with an individual infected with the deadly virus.

The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, including his fiancee Louise Troh and the paramedics who accompanied him to the hospital, were able to pass the 21-day isolation phase without showing signs of contagion.

"The incubation period also has passed for about a dozen health workers who encountered Duncan when he went to the hospital for the first time, on Sept. 25," Fox News reported. "The end of the quarantine period marks an important milestone in the nation's efforts to contain the outbreak."

At the same time, the end of the isolation was a "cause for celebration" for Troh, who missed Duncan's memorial service due to the mandated quarantine.

"I want to breathe, I want to really grieve, I want privacy with my family," she said.

George Mason, Troh's pastor, said that there are efforts to help Duncan's family and Troh to recover from the ordeal.

"During the frantic operation to seal off Duncan's apartment in Dallas and eliminate all traces of the disease, she also lost the majority of her belongings," the Daily Mail said. "Only a few personal documents, some photographs, and a single Bible escaped the cleansing operation."

"They were left with nothing. They are completely devastated by this, so there's need to have their lives rebuilt," Mason was quoted as saying.

To help facilitate her financial and emotional rehabilitation, Troh said she has planned to write a book about her experience, as well as her relationship with her deceased husband-to-be.

"Troh, a Liberian like her fiancé, will also recount his story, including his years-long quest to come to America to be reunited with his girlfriend and their 19-year-old son, and his death in an isolation ward," the British publication also said.

The confinement was imposed on Duncan's family "after the family failed to comply with a request not to leave the apartment."

Despite this outcome, there will still be monitoring done in the area where the Ebola-infected patients were held.

"Scores of hospital workers and others in the area will still be monitored, either because they were exposed to Duncan after he was admitted to the hospital Sept. 28 - three days after he was first treated and released -- or because they were exposed to the two infected nurses," USA Today reported.

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