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 Obama was briefed about the diagnosis of a second case of Ebola in
Texas, where a healthcare worker has contracted the virus after
treating a Liberian who died of the disease at a Dallas hospital
last week.
Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, said on Sunday that at some point during the care of
the original patient there was a breach in protocol which resulted
in the infection of the healthcare worker.
Obama said federal authorities should "take immediate additional
steps to ensure hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide are
prepared to follow protocols should they encounter an Ebola
patient."
(Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Jim Loney and Lisa
Shumaker)
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