The first nurse to be infected with Ebola in the United States has spoken in a hospital video, filmed by one of the doctors.<br /><br />In it, Nina Pham thanks medical staff who are looking after her, telling them “I love you guys.”<br /><br />Pham has now been flown from Dallas in Texas to Maryland where she is being treated by specialists in infectious diseases.<br /><br />Another infected nurse, Amber Vinson, is being treated in an isolation unit in Atlanta.<br /><br />Several schools in Dallas closed after learning that some of their pupils had been on a flight Vinson took at the weekend to Ohio.<br /><br />The schools are being disinfected and the children of concern kept at home, but parents say they are extremely worried.<br /><br />One father said: “My biggest fear is lack of information. I just wish everyone had all the information they could be giving, so they could make informed decision for their family.”<br /><br />Meanwhile President Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola “czar” to coordinate the fight against the virus in the US.<br /><br />He says he remains opposed to a ban on flights from West Africa.<br /><br />Nearly 4,000 US troops are being sent to West Africa and will help with building 17 treatment centres.<br /><br />Also read:<br /><br />Everything you need to know about the Ebola virus
