Obama: Attendees Will Be Screened for Ebola Before U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

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President Obama announced Friday that African leaders attending a summit in Washington, D.C., next week will be screened for Ebola.

At least 729 people have died and more than 1,300 people have fallen ill from the viral disease in the worst outbreak ever, primarily affecting Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

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"We're making sure we're doing screening as [they leave from their home airports] and some additional screening here," Obama said. Attendees who had "even a marginal risk ... of having been exposed" to Ebola could be screened after arriving in the U.S, he added Read more...

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