From NPR News in Washington, I'm Richard Lee Harris.Thomas Eric Duncan, the only confirmed Ebola patient in the United States is fighting for his life at the Dallas hospital.The director of the Centers for disease control is doctor Tom Frieden.We are very hoping for the recovery of the patient in Dallas.We understand that his situation is taking a turn for the worse.We know that Ebola is a very serious disease, and we are hoping for his recovery.Frieden says all doses of the experimental drug to fight ebola, Zmapp are gone,and the drug is not going to be available any time soon.Frieden is scheduled to breif President Obama on the status of the fight to contain Ebola on Monday.Ashoka Mukpo, the NBC News freelance cameraman who tested positive for ebola in Liberia is en route to Omaha.He will be the second Ebola patient treated at the Nebraska Medical Center's special isolation unit.Canada is sending another medical laboratory team to fight Ebola crisis in West Africa.As Dan Karpenchuk reports,it's the first time Ottawa has deployed 2 such teams against the single outbreak.?The head of the public health agency of Canada saysthe decision to deploy a second mobile lab to Sierra Leone will stretch Canada's resources.The first team on the ground since September provides diagnosis services.The new mobile lab will work with Doctor Without Borderto help determine if cleaning techniques at the treatment center should be improved to prevent healthcare workers from being affected.
