Ebola Czar Ron Klain to Leave Administration in Early 2015
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Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Ebola czar is expected to leave that position early next year.
A National Security Council official tells ABC News that Ron Klain will leave the administration and return to the private sector in early 2015. Fortune magazine reported on Klain’s exit early Saturday, noting that his hiring as a special government employee ensures he would stay on the job for no more than 130 days.
Klain was named the Ebola czar in October. The most recent case of Ebola involved a surgeon who was brought to American last month. Since then, however, no new cases have surfaced.
Since Klain took the job, the White House says that 32 facilities have been designated Ebola treatment facilities and 29 labs have been deemed equipped to test for the disease, a clinical trial has begun on a possible vaccine for the disease and enhanced screening for air travelers has been implemented.
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