(Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration is considering screening airline passengers for Ebola symptoms as they arrive in the U.S. from some West African nations, an approach that had been previously rejected.
In advance of a meeting on the Ebola outbreak at the White House today, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said President Barack Obama’s administration is discussing adding the additional step to passenger screenings now being conducted in the African nations stricken by the disease.
“We’re looking at all options to protect Americans because that’s our No. 1 priority,” Frieden told the CNN television network.
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