Confidence in the US’s ability to contain Ebola has been shaken after a Texas healthcare worker became the first -person to contract the virus in America after having treated a patient who was infected with the disease in Africa.
The US authorities warned of the -potential for new Ebola virus cases and rushed to tighten their safety protocols yesterday after disclosing the female nurse’s -preliminary positive test, which they blamed on a breach in safety -procedures.
“We’re deeply concerned,” said Thomas Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency leading the Ebola response. “Unfortunately, it is possible that in the coming days we will see additional cases of Ebola.”