Obama To Visit CDC Tuesday
President Barack Obama will be in Atlanta Tuesday. He’ll meet with officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A CDC spokeswoman says the President’s meeting will focus on enterovirus and the CDC’s response to the Ebola outbreak. The announced visit comes after President Obama mentioned Ebola last week at the end of an address focused mostly on the terror group ISIS.
“It is America,” said President Obama. “Our scientists, our doctors, our knowhow that can help contain and cure the outbreak of Ebola.”
Earlier this month, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the window of opportunity to contain Ebola is closing. Also, earlier this month, a CDC spokesman told WABE’s Michell Eloy the federal agency had more than 70 employees stationed in West Africa. Atlanta’s Emory University hospital is now treating its 3rd Ebola patient.
The CDC has also monitored enterovirus. Since mid-August, the agency has confirmed 97 people have the respiratory disease. Most of the cases have been in the Midwest.
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