Rick Perry announces Ebola task force

Published October 6, 2014 1:22pm ET



Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced a task force to fight Ebola on Monday as the first U.S. patient continues to fight for his life inside a Dallas hospital.

Perry announced the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response to quell fears of an Ebola outbreak. The task force will assist local and state governments on how to respond to the Ebola outbreak while also provide recommendations on how to combat the disease.

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