Boat off africas west coast. Doctors believe he only has a low to moderate risk of infection, our coverage begins in dallas with senior medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, whats the latest . Good morning, alisyn, doctors and nurse who is care for ebola patients are true heroes, risking their own lives to help other people. This hospital here in dallas got an experimental treatment for one of their own very quickly. This morning, doctors in dallas anxious to see if a blood transfusion may save the life of a Critical Care nurse, nina pham, the first person to contract ebola within the u. S. She took care of Thomas Eric Duncan who passed away last week. Pham received the donation from ebola survivor, dr. Kent brantly, the hope that his blood may provide key antibodies to fight the disease. Everybody should ask to help us to give over this. And i know in the long run she will help a lot of people. The 26yearold is one of around 70 hospital staffers who cared for duncan, according to th
Ebola cases in guinea, liberia and sierra leone could go up to 10,000 a week. They say by december there could be 10,000 cases a week. There were just under 9,000 cases total in west africa. So that is an ominous warning, they say the mortality rate is now 70 , up from 50 when it started. Outside of west africa, the u. N. Worker treated in germany now died. The problem here, in the United States, good news from the university of kansas where a medic who worked off the ship off the coast of africa has been in quarantine. He has been tested to see if he has ebola. There is more breaking news from the head of the cdc who were going to talk to shortly putting together a Response Team to be able to handle any new confirmed cases at any hospital in the country. He said a team like that could have prevented the nurse from contracting the disease. I spoke to one source who will bring us the latest. First, we have more from our cnn correspondent, elizabeth cohen. She was upgraded from stable to