USA and Family Health physician Dr. William Green interviewed about the ebola outbreak

Dr. William Green speaks with the media about the ebola virus on Oct. 2, 2014,

at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile, Ala. An infectious 

disease specialist, Dr. Green also treats Family Health patients at the

Mobile County Health Department.

MOBILE, Ala. -- Dr. William Kevin Green talked about the ebola outbreak that reached the United States this week during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 at the University of South Alabama Medical Center. An infectious disease specialist with the University of South Alabama, Dr. Green also treats patients at Family Health, the primary care division of the Mobile County Health Department.

Local new agencies are reporting today that four close relatives of an Ebola patient hospitalized in Dallas have been formally told to stay home and not have visitors to help prevent spread of the disease. The Texas Department of State Health Services on Thursday announced the legal order for the family of Thomas Eric Duncan, who recently flew to Dallas from Liberia, according to the Associated Press.

Duncan has been hospitalized since Sunday. Health experts on Tuesday diagnosed him with Ebola, which can be deadly. Dallas County Health and Human Services officials previously told the four individuals, whose names weren’t released, to stay home. A public health control order is needed to ensure compliance. The orders were hand-delivered Wednesday night.

The four, who have not shown symptoms, must stay home until at least Oct. 19 when the Ebola incubation period has passed.