The technician will be monitored for symptoms of infection for a full three weeks — Ebola’s incubation period — after handling Ebola specimens that were supposed to be inactive but may actually have contained live virus.
Despite calling the incident “unacceptable,” Mr. Klain assured the public and the CDC campus there is not risk of possible virus exposure, according to the report.
CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, guaranteed a full report will be released on the investigation of the laboratory mishap in roughly one month.
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