Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who became the
numero uno case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil is in a critical condition
in a hospital isolation unit in Dallas.
With this, US are considering screening passengers
from Ebola hit countries before they enter the country. However, the US President, Barrack Obama said
yesterday that though the likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is
"extremely low' but they have to react.
"We're also going to be working on
protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in
the United States. Countries that think that they can sit on the sidelines and
just let the United States do it, that will result in a less effective
response, a less speedy response, and that means that people die."
"And it also means that the potential spread of the disease beyond
these areas in West Africa becomes more imminent," President Obama said at
the White House briefing with US health officials
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