13hour flight from dubai to boston. An airport Spokesman Says none of them had visited west africa but they were isolated and evacuated as a precaution. President obama today getting briefed on ebola after a texas nurse contracts the disease. 26yearold nina sam is the first person known to contract the virus on u. S. Soil. She cared for thomas eric duncan, the liberian man who died from ebola last week at her dallas hospital. The centers for Disease Control says training on the local level to fight the virus is paramount. Every hospital in this country needs to think about the possibility of ebola. Many of them are. Abc 7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana is in the newsroom with more on this. Indeed they are. Especially after the unthinkable happened with that dallas nurse getting infected with ebola. Hospitals across the country and throughout the bay area are now going over their procedures and equipment to make sure they are prepared. At San Francisco General Hospital today, some staff
Warmer than our usual highs. Live doppler hd shows around the region not coming up with moisture and no rain. Temperaturewise out the door, 68 and mild in fairfield compared to 48 in napa and some spots you need the light jacket as you star the day. 60 in oakland and shows is at 56. Wake up weather is mainly clear and mild temperatures in some spots and turning breezy with sunrise at 7 05 and starting temperatures in the mid60 to mid50s. Now a check on traffic. Good morning, everyone. At 5 00 am we are taking you to San Francisco first and we want to give you a heads up of open world 2014 at at the mascone center. It will cause street closings for oracle. This will an lost traffic off of 80. Be sure to find another way around or give yourself extra time. Heavy, heavy traffic. The bay bridge toll plaza shows cash paying lanes stacking up and the fast track is clear as we make it from emeryville. With the as season coming to a dramatic end all eyes turn to the giants and their attempt to
And now hot heat and hot weather. Officials are asking people to be exceptionally vigilant the next few days and use extreme caution with any sort of fire. Yes, yes, yes San Francisco giants fans see their team playing at home headed to washington, dc to take on the nationals for the quest of a third world series title in five years, beating the pirates in pittsburgh. The intermediate of Foothill High School in pleasanton game bum garner all he would need and bumgarner dominated and final was 80. What is it with the team and october and even years . Here we go again. Look at this video from at t park from last night. The team was in pittsburgh fans showed up to watch. The team put it up on the big scene and finances said it was so much fun to watch they were bursting with pride. A woman said this was more exciting than any game. Players celebrated in the locker room and there was a lot of beer and sham sham pain but time to move on. They have landed in washington, dc and they got there
A Health Care Worker who treated the patient who died from the vie rust last week, now infected. She identified symptoms immediately on onset. She was isolated promptly. Officials from Texas Health Presbyterian hospital say the worker filed guidelines, including wearing full protective gear while caring for thomas eric duncan. But the cdc says the infection shows there war a breach in protocol. Officials saying theres no risk to the community, but sending out a reverse 911 call towater the Healthcare Workers neighbor. A Healthcare Worker in your area has tested positive for the ebola virus. Workers rush to decontaminate her car, and apartment complex. As president obama was briefed on the first transmission of ebola ever in the u. S. , the cdc says theyre investigating and offering more training to the staff at the hospital, adding they are prepared for the possibility of more cases here. Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of ebola. This
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