PBS NewsHour

Texas officials try to reassure public of Ebola containment

Clip: 10/01/2014 | 3m 4s

The first patient in the U.S. to be diagnosed with Ebola was identified as Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian visiting the U.S. Though he was checked for signs of fever before boarding a place in Monrovia in September, he was not sick then. Meanwhile, Texas state health officials tried to assure the public that Dallas is equipped to stop Ebola's spread. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

Aired: 10/01/14

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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