Al im Harris Faulkner, this is the fox report. The first person to be diagnosed with ebola in the United States is now fighting for his life. That word from the centers and disease com and prevention folks there. Thomas duncan is at a hospital in dallas, texas as you may know by now. His condition worsened this weekend, but now the cdc is saying theyre hoping for his recovery, end quote. Its still not clear what his treatment has entailed, although reportedly he has not been receiving any experimental medications for the virus. Meanwhile the hunt is on for anybody he came in contact with. And now 50 people are being honored for signs of inf
ineffectation. Officials keeping a close eye on some of his family members with whom he was visiting and sharing an apartment and the Health Care Worker who is had very close contact with him. We remind you, there is no other ebola case confirmed anywhere in the america tonight. The cdc is confident the virus will be stopped in its tracks in dallas, texas. Still the director, tom freeden says this is a very serious matter, especially for Health Care Workers. Because its such a deadly disease, people are scared and its normal to be scared, in fact for the Health Care Workers who are caring for people with ebola, we want them to be scared, we want them to have a healthy respect of the risk of any lapse in Infection Control procedure. We want them to channel that fear into being incredibly meticulous at Infection Control. Channeling fear from the cdc, we have fox team coverage, lets
go to molly henneburg live in washingto washington. They want some kind of a travel ban, two and from countries in africa where theres an ebola outbreak. One gop lawmaker says its just, quote, common sense. The answer is not let people come and then try to isolate them once theyre here. The answer is not to let people come in from affected regions into the United States. Thats what it seems like to me and most of the people i represent think that we should have some form of travel ban and restricti restriction, to and from the affected area. Cdc director tom freeden says that a total travel ban will keep aid from getting to where
its needed the most. So youve got some push there for something to be done, any word on what the president is going to do to implement any new safeguards to prevent ebola in the United States. The Obama Administration says its confident in its procedures in place to combat ebola achkd one advisor says if there are flaws in the system, the plrgs will address those. Its important for people to understand, this operation has been happening for seven months in west africa, and this is the first time someone has come to the United States. Dr. Freeden says he expects there will be more reports of suspected ebola cases in the u. S. , but he says the American Health system can monitor and isolate any such cases. Molly, thank you very much. Now the number of people with whom may have come in contact with the ebola skrivict Thomas Duncan are dwindling now as the cdc determine who is may
be at high or lerisk. The cdc is adamant that this is key in containing the virus. They are adamant about that, cdc in texas have tracked down 14 people who may have come in contact with Thomas Duncan, 66 people have been cleared, but 38 will currently being honored as low risk individual who is may have come in contact with duncan and 17 are at high risk, of those 17 are Health Care Workers and family or community contact. All are being checked four fevers daily over the next 21 days, but so far no one is showing any ebola symptoms. Earlier today, Dallas Police said they lost track of one of duncans potential contacts, a homeless man went missing after his temperature was taken yesterday. He has been found and put in housing. As who duncan, he remains in
isolation at the texas Presbyterian Hospital where he has been for a week. Thomas freeden says as far as he knows duncan is not getting the experimental medication. And the second experimental option available is difficult to use and can actually make someone sicker initially. You know what . Youre watching social media and listening to people, and, brian, people obviously are on edge about this and thats led to a lot of ebola false alarms that were learning about. Thats right, people have been talking about it, and the cdc says theyve added about 200 possibly ebola scares, but so far no new infections have been found. Today doctors in boston say theyre confident dr. Sakra who
was an american doctor fleeted he was admitted to the hospital yesterday and is being treated for an upper respiratory trablct infection. Doctors have never heard of people getting ebola twice, but out of an abundance of caution they sent blood work to the cdc for testing. A person with ebola like symptoms checked in to a hospital in dover, delaware yesterday, and is in isolation, were working to confirm with the cdc. Thank you very much for bringing us the latest on this. Lets turn now to the fight against isis, which right now may be a losing one for Kurdish Forces on the ground in northern syria. Were getting new reports that isis fighters, many armed with american weapons as you well know like our tanks everything left behind inside iraq they now have, they have now pushed to the Northern City kobani, and it
may that city sits right on the border with nato ally turkey. One kurdish official says u. S. Led air strikes wont be enough to stop isiss march there. And officials in syria are warning, if isis captures that town, terrible atrocities will be committed for the reason i just gave you, all those refugees that went there. Jeff hallcot has the latest from turkeysyria, the border. That besieged syrian town is warning tonight of a large scale massacre if the isis terrorists make it inside that town. That is looking more and more likely, take a look at what we saw near the front line earlier today. This is the closest we have seen and heard to a sustained battle here in the town of kobani, just across the border from where we
are in syria. Smoke coming up from the tower hill there, and to the left, this is the eastern side of the city, and we have seen a lot of firing there, isis tanks, isis mortars shooting in and small arms fire coming from the kurdish section of the city. All across the city, were seeing impacts, theres a lot more tension in the air. Shells are landing hard and fast, a few landed near us inside turkey. Turkish authorities evacuated three villages near the boarder. We spotted very clearly isis weapons fired repeatedly from one location just a few miles from the town. A few ill equipped fighters and their supporters. Air strikes inside syria in the past 24 hours, but none of those were near kobani. The lack of more strikes has people upset here despite the
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around the world in 80 seconds. Mexico, six burial pits uncovered about 100 miles south of mexico city, inside charred remains from an unknown number of victims. They could be the bodies were told of 43 student protesters who vanished after violent clashes with police more than a week ago. Six other students died during that same protest. Several Police Officers now arrested for what mexican authorities are calling excessive use of force. China, a 2yearold girl safe and sound after falling 60 feet to the bottom of a farming well. Crews pumped oxygen down to the toddler while one firefighter managed to squeeze down a hang necessary and pull her up to safety. In libya, a british man stepped free after being taken hostage by islamer militants. David bollock was local libyan leaders reportedly paid a ransom to secure his release. The philippines, mondays going to the dogs, snakes and spiders. People bringing their pets to mass for an annual blessing of the animals, its all who honor the catholic patron saint of animals. Thats foxs trip around the world in 80 seconds. Monday the u. S. Supreme court is back in session with some high profile cases the justice also hear this term, samesex marriage and whether its constitutional. And laws aimed at limiting abortion and lingering legal challenges to obama care. Tuesday president obama travels to new york city and connecticut for some democratic
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