1976. In previous outbreaks, ebola has been confined to rural areas in which there was little contact outside the villages of which it appeared. Unfortunately, this outbreak now an epidemic spread from village to an International Center for regional trade, and spread into urban areas in guinea, sierra leone and liberia, that are crowded with limited medical services, and limited Resident Trust much government. The unprecedented west african ebola epidemic has not only killed more than 5,000 people, with more than 14,000 others known to be affected. This situation has skewed the planning for how to deal with the outbreak. In our two previous hearings on the ebola epidemic, an emergency hearing we held on august 7th, and then a followup on september 17th, we heard about the worsening rates of infection and challenges in responding to this forum from Government Agencies such as usaid and cdc and samaritans person. Todays hearing is intended to take testimony from nongovernmental organizat
Capabilities than Smaller Community hospitals. In the process of putting this task force together, we are going to identify wherec the bt care could be rendered to the individual. Reporter right now, if any patient has a fever as well as other symptoms like severe headache and vomiting and has travelled to west africa within the past three weeks, the patient must be isolated and First Responders must report a suspected ebola case. Health experts say there is a small chance that the average american will be exposed to ebola in the United States but every hospital and every Health Care Worker must be trained to detect signs and symptoms. Thats just one of the things this task force is trained to do. Reporting live in morton, Delaware County, christine madella, nbc 10 news. Count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com for complete coverage of the Ebola Outbreak on our website youll find an entire section devoted to ebola, including information on how the virus is spread. Will it be the Death Penalty o
Where any kind of Health Care Worker contracts Something Like this, you want to know how it happened, where was the flaw . Where was the opening in the protection . And when they nail that down, well all know when it was. Reporter hopefully that will happen before anybody else contracts it in the u. S. Every Health Care Worker has to be trained and ready. Do you have the equipment, the personal protection for the ems workers . Absolutely we do. All the right sizes, extra equipment, people have weve reviewed the buddy system for removing the equipment once were done with a patient. Now, im going to head inside where that Ebola Task Force is meeting. Im going to ask members what they plan to do to keep those First Responders and the public safe. Ill let you know what they have to say. Christine madella, nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 medical correspondent dr. Nancy snyderman has admitted some members of her crew violated a voluntary quarantine to protect against ebola. They picked up food at a rest
Ebola make its way here. Now they are working this summer on how to respond specifically to ebola, the Delaware County ebola and task force is made up of emergency responders, police and hospitals and Municipal Health officers, the goal is to have the most Accurate Information and respond accordingly to any suspects case of the deadly disease, Officials Say that in this day and age, a contagious virus like this is only a plane ride away and they have to be ready for the possibility. With viruses, they do not have borders or boundaries, so we have to be prepared. We have a very melting pot community, we have a community from west africa, we have a community, a large immigrant population from all parts of world and we must take the necessary precaution. Dr. George is Delaware Countys senior medical adviser and he adds that the ebola situation is developing minute by minute and they want their health care sponsors to have the best and latest information available. Live in norton, im dann
A, the Nebraska Medical Center in omaha and Rocky Mountain laboratory in monday tan a Texas Health Commissioner has brought in staff from across the state to help trace cast of the infect nurse, she and one of her close cast are both in isolation. At the white house, Craig Boswell for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Community in our area taking the the threat of ebola very seriously. Tomorrow Delaware County will hold meeting of the new Ebola Task Force and we will have that story for you tomorrow, right here on Eyewitness News. Search is underway for a suspect in just an unbelievably cruel theft disable vietnam veteran had his prosthetic leg stolen outside of lincoln financial field last night. He did get it back but whole ordeal begs the question who would do Something Like this. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter is live at south detectives with the very latest, walt. Reporter chris, detectives here at south division say that it was exactly that, a cruel, crime, yesterday disabled vehicle v