Fight Ebola with facts: Barack Obama

Washington: President Barack Obama told Americans that they must be “guided by the facts, not fear” when it comes to the deadly Ebola virus, as he urged a sensible vigilance.

“Patients can beat this disease. And we can beat this disease,” Mr Obama said in his weekly address to the nation, as he sought to reassure the Ebola-wary public that the disease does not spread easily. The announcement came less than a week after the fiancee and almost 50 other people who had been in contact with a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, who died after becoming the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States, emerged from 21 days of quarantine with no signs of illness.

Also, colleagues of an American doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in West Africa say he was a hard worker who conscientiously followed safety procedures.

Craig Spencer is being treated for Ebola in New York City after coming down with a fever on Thursday.