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Thursday, 16 October 2014

Obama: 'We are taking the Ebola outbreak very seriously'

16 October 2014 Last updated at 00:39 BST President Obama has called on a more robust response to the global Ebola outbreak as he seeks to reassure Americans the risks to them are very low. Speaking after a meeting with his top officials, Mr Obama said the US authorities were taking the Ebola cases in the US "very seriously at the highest levels of government". But he said the key to...

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