US President Barack Obama is not at risk of contracting the Ebola virus after hugging Nina Pham who just recovered from the infection, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
"He [the President] was not at all concerned about any risk that would be associated with him showing his gratitude to her [Pham] by hugging her," Earnest told reporters at a press briefing Friday.
Pham, a healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, treated Eric Duncan who was infected with Ebola and died on October 8. Pham later contracted Ebola and was treated at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.