CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden announced the first Ebola case in the United States today.
Several family members may have been exposed to the virus.
The patient was traveling from Liberia to the United States. The man left Liberia on the 19th of September and arrived in the United States on the 20th of September but four or five days. He later began to develop symptoms.
On the 26th he first went to the hospital but was sent home.
The man was admitted to the hospital on the 28th. The testing was performed today.
The man was visiting family in the US.