Obama calls for correct protocols to be followed in dealing with Ebola

President Barack Obama has called on federal authorities to take additional steps to ensure the American medical system is prepared to follow correct protocols in dealing with Ebola following reports of an apparent breach in Dallas.

Mr. Obama was briefed on 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.

The director of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Thomas Frieden, said at a point during the care of the original patient there was a breach in protocol which resulted in the infection of the healthcare worker.

President Obama said federal authorities should take additional steps to ensure hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide are prepared to follow protocols should they encounter an Ebola patient".

Source: News 24