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Satish Pillai
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CDC's incident manager discussing the Ebola outbreak.
Notable Quotes
"It is a highly dynamic situation, and at this point, what I would say is, we continue to assess [and] we will continue to keep you posted as we learn more."View Story →
"He added that he was unaware of any infected individuals boarding international flights and said screening procedures were in place at airports in the DRC and Uganda."View Story →
"The American patient will be medically evacuated from the Congo and taken to Germany for care."View Story →
"The person developed symptoms over the weekend and tested positive late Sunday."View Story →
"The risk to Americans is low."View Story →
"The individuals are travelling to Europe, including in Germany, and they will be in quarantine during their monitoring period."View Story →
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