Amber Jay Vinson flew from Cleveland, Ohio, to Dallas in Texas despite having a low-grade fever.

According to reports, she contacted the Centre for Disease Control before boarding the plane and asked them if she could still fly with a fever.

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Despite this, a government spokesperson told America’s NBC News "Vinson was not told that she could not fly.”

The CDC is now attempting to track down 132 passengers who boarded Frontier Airlines flight 1143.

A spokesperson for the Atlanta-based agency said: “Because of the proximity in time between the evening flight and first report of illness the following morning, CDC is reaching out to passengers.”

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Though government officials are said to be concerned over revelations that Amber Vinson boarded a commercial flight whilst showing early symptoms of Ebola, they maintain that patients should not be worried about Ebola until a fever tops 101.5 degrees.

Ms Vinson’s fever was reportedly 99.5 degrees when she flew on flight 1143.

The plane which the Ebola-stricken nurse flew on then went on to travel between Cleveland, Fort Lauderdale in Florida and Atlanta, Georgia, within days of Ms Vinson’s journey.

Some studies have shown the Ebola virus to survive on surfaces for up to 6 days, but in the majority of lab experiments the virus has only survived for a few hours.

Those who travelled on Flight 1143 have been asked to contact the CDC and lookout for early symptoms of Ebola, which include an abrupt fever, joint pain and a headache. The incubation period is reportedly anything from two days to two weeks.

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