(Via Politico) – President Obama says hat the government will increase airport screening of passengers coming from the West African countries affected by an Ebola epidemic.
National security, homeland security and senior health officials briefed the president on the continuing U.S. response to that outbreak, from measures in Dallas to contain the disease after the first U.S. case was diagnosed there in a Liberian man, to the escalating federal mobilization as part of a global response in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Obama, who reiterated that the situation is a “top national security priority,” didn’t announce any specific measures following the hour-long briefing. But he said officials will begin working on protocols for greater scrutiny of passengers, “both at the source and here in the United States.”
The head of CDC indicated a wide range of steps might be taken at airports and other points of entry. “We’re looking at all options,” said Director Tom Frieden, who attended the White House meeting along with Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and nearly two dozen others.
Read more at https://www.eurweb.com/2014/10/obama-administration-to-change-airport-screening-protocol-for-ebola/#f8fYiRIq2v86YLYF.99
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