00:02Go ahead, Ebola, Ebola, you said Ebola.
00:05Should Americans be concerned about Ebola?
00:07I'm concerned about everything, but certainly am.
00:10I think that, you know, it's been confined right now to Africa,
00:14but it's something that has had a breakout.
00:17I could ask Bobby or Oz to say a couple of words about it if you'd like.
00:21You want to do that?
00:25I think Heidi Overton is going to come up and give us a few words.
00:28Here we go. Dr. Overton.
00:30Thank you, Mr. President.
00:34Today, the CDC held a press briefing that provided a lot of the answers and information,
00:38but we have stood up a full interagency response.
00:41The Department of State, the CDC, the Department of War, everyone is fully involved in tracking.
00:48Today, we do have an announce today at the press briefing.
00:51There is an American that is symptomatic and has tested positive for, it's the Bundibuja virus,
00:57a strain of Ebola.
00:59That American, as well as six other high-risk contacts, are going to be taken out of that region
01:06and taken to Germany.
01:08We want to thank our German counterparts.
01:10That is an internationally recognized location for viral hemorrhagic fever treatments,
01:16so we're very grateful that they would take them.
01:18It's a significantly shorter flight time for Americans to receive treatment there in Germany.
01:23For all other Americans, we have issued travel warnings.
01:26We have instituted just today entry restrictions for non-U.S. citizens that have been in the region
01:36in the past 21 days, so in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan.
01:41So very serious measures that have been taken.
01:44We are working to communicate very frequently with everyone.
01:49Your question was, should Americans be worried?
01:51Right now, there are no cases of Ebola in America.
01:54We want to keep it that way, and we are doing everything we can to support Americans in the region.
01:58Thank you, Mr. President.
01:59Mr. President.
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