Alarms raised as Ebola nurse allowed to fly
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THE revelation that a second American nurse who is ill with Ebola was cleared to fly the day before her diagnosis raised new alarms as leaders of the United States’ public health system yesterday prepared to defend their efforts to contain the deadly virus before a congressional hearing.
President Barack Obama directed his administration to respond in a “much more aggressive way” to oversee the cases in Dallas and ensure the lessons learned there are transmitted to hospitals and clinics across the country. For the second day in a row he canceled out-of-town trips yesterday to stay in Washington and monitor the Ebola response. Even as Obama sought to calm new fears about Ebola in the US, he cautioned against letting them overshadow the far more urgent crisis unfolding in West Africa, where the virus has killed more than 4,000 people.
Underscoring his emphasis on international action, Obama called European leaders on Wednesday to discuss better coordination in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea and to issue a call for more money and personnel to “bend the curve of the epidemic.” British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said he offered to consult with the Italians to add treatment beds in Sierra Leone.
China yesterday pledged continued support for the fight against Ebola in West Africa. China last month pledged US$33 million in assistance and dispatched doctors and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, France said tomorrow it will begin screening passengers who arrive at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport on the once-daily flight from Guinea’s capital.
Federal health officials who say they know how to shut down the disease in the US were being called to testify in what was looming as a combative hearing by a House oversight panel.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said that nurse Amber Joy Vinson never should have been allowed to fly on a commercial jet as she had been exposed to the virus while caring for Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan. Still, a CDC official cleared her to board a flight from Cleveland to the Dallas area. Her reported temperature — 37.5 Celsius — was below the threshold set by the agency and she had no symptoms, said agency spokesman David Daigle.
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