Communication and training will be critical in how North Carolina contains and responds to any Ebola cases, state officials said Monday.
“I want to be 100 percent clear: There are no known or suspected cases of Ebola in North Carolina,” Gov. Pat McCrory said during a media briefing outlining the state’s Ebola response efforts. “I would rather be underwhelmed than overwhelmed and not prepared.”
The update comes after recently confirmed cases in Texas and Ebola scares across the country, including one in Boone last week.
State officials are using lessons learned during the smallpox and SARS epidemics in 2003 in their response to Ebola, said state epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies, who is overseeing North Carolina’s Ebola preparations.
Davies outlined a number of efforts, including:
