Doctor tom frieden of the centers for Disease Control and prevention said the nurses infection could have resulted from touching contaminated protective gear. The cdc is in the process of putting new safeguards in place to protect medical professionals and the public. They emphasized ebola will be stopped in dallas by making sure every case is promptly diagnosed. Back here in the bay area nurses on the front line say they need more training to deal with ebola. Especially after a recent scare at a South Sacramento kaiser hospital, where a patient with ebola symptoms sat in an emergency room for nearly two hours, that turned out to be a false alarm, but kron 4s will tran is in the newsroom with more on how nurses want to be better prepared. If an ebola infected patient walks into this hospital, nurses here in the bay area dont believe they have sufficient training to handle it safely. The cdc say this is a virus that is changing very quickly and they want to have the most optimal protect
The city is saying they will put new safeguards in place in dallas. As my team and emergent on the scene with the doctor on with the patient who might have ebola virus. The patient is being moved by ambulance to a hospital. Nurses on the front line caring for the sick say they need more training for ebola exposure. After a recent scare at a South Sacramento kaiser hospital, where a patient with ebola symptoms sat in an emergency room for nearly two hours, nurses gathered in oakland telling kron 4s alecia reid many of them arent prepared to treat such a case. If an ebola infected patient walks into this hospital, nurses here dont believe they have sufficient training to handle it safely. This is a virus that is changing very quickly and we want to have the most optimal protection. Caregivers that arent being adequately trained are being blamed. Were hearing that they arent following protocol, when weve been asking hospitals throughout the country for proper training. In a National Nurse
Just light showers there coming up from central fredrick county virginia into fredrick county maryland. Temperature wise, low 60s at ann, d. C. , pax river and most of the areas mid to the upper 50s and oakland in western maryland dense fog with temperatures dropping to 48 and again 75 just a spotty shower today. Delia, nick over to you. Howard thank you. Lets take a lock at whats in the news right now. At least 4000 people worldwide have died of ebola. Thats according to numbers from the world health organization. The latest count brings a total number of confirmed or suspected cases of ebola to about 8400. Hall of those victims have died. Deaths were reported in liberia, nigeria, sierra leon, spain and the united states. Concern about protective measures especially for those caring for the infected remain high for a total of 416 Healthcare Workers are among those believe today have contracted ebola. Of those, 233 have died. Turkey has given the u. S. And Coalition Forces permission t
Overnight. And temperatures right around 55, 56 in most areas give or take a few degrees here or there. Then well take you to the cold front. It is moving in from the west. Very slowly. But you do notice by 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, were already starting to see showers falling in the north bay. And those showers will spread south. Well time it all out for you when see you with the full forecast in just a few minutes. Now to major developments in the ebola outbreak. Theres good news for some texas nurses who treated the dallas ebola victim who died. This as we hear from Thomas Duncans fiancee for the first time. Marcy gonzales has the latest from dallas. Reporter tonight the quarantine being lifted for the people who lived with ebola victim Thomas Duncan among them his fiance, louise troh. Theres zero chance that any of those young men or that louise carries the ebola virus. Reporter while this marks the allclear point for them and 40 others who had contact before duncan was hospital
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