Obama Meets with Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly
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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama met privately with Dr. Kent Brantly at the White House Tuesday before his visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Brantly, who became infected with Ebola while working with the aid agency Samaritan’s Purse in Liberia, was in Washington, D.C. Tuesday to testify about his experience with the deadly virus at a Senate hearing.
He was successfully treated for the disease after being transported to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
While Brantly speaks on Capitol Hill, Obama will be at the CDC’s heaquarters getting a briefing on the threat of Ebola and will unveil an expanded U.S. response to the outbreak in West Africa.
As of Tuesday, there were 4,985 probable, confirmed and suspected cases in the Ebola outbreak, with 2,461 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The countries affected are Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. It has been called the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
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