President Barack Obama says the U.S. must monitor the ebola crisis in a "much more aggressive way."
On Wednesday afternoon the president postponed a campaign trip to hold an emergency meeting with top health officials at the White House, where he was updated on the increasing number of ebola cases in the United States.
A second health care worker at a hospital in Dallas has contracted the virus, after treating a Thomas Eric Duncan, a patient from Liberia who later died.
In remarks following that meeting, Obama said he'd ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to send teams to any new cases.
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In remarks following that meeting, Obama reminded the general public that the risk of contracting ebola remains extremely low.
And he defended the overall approach to halting the spread of the disease.
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In remarks following that meeting, Obama explained that procedures at the hospital are being thoroughly examined.
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In remarks following that meeting, President Obama underscored the critical role the international response to ebola is playing.
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