Former Prez Bush takes selfies with doctors and survivors as Dallas marks Ebola end

[caption id=“attachment_1793259” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Amber Vinson, left, a nurse who was infected with Ebola after treating a sick patient, gets a hug from former President George W. Bush. The city calmly marked the end of its Ebola crisis on Friday, when the last of the 177 people who were being monitored for symptoms of the deadly virus were to be cleared at midnight. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1793261” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Dr. Munir Hazbun takes a selfie with former President George W. Bush at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. A relieved Dallas got the U.S. government’s all-clear on Friday from Ebola, and former President George W. Bush marked the event by visiting the hospital that was at the center of fighting the virus and the origin of an American scare over the disease. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1793263” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Former President George W. Bush greets hospital staff. The first case on U.S. soil of the virus, in the middle of an Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 4,950 people in three poor West African countries, prompted questions about whether the U.S. government was doing enough to prevent the disease from entering the country. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1793265” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] In this photo provided by Texas Health Resources, former President George W. Bush hugs nurse and Ebola survivor Amber Vinson. No one else in Texas has contracted Ebola since nurses Nina Pham and Vinson became infected while caring for Duncan, who became ill while visiting relatives in Dallas. He died on Oct. 8. Both nurses eventually made a full recovery. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1793267” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] “It’s official,” the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a tweet announcing the final monitoring check Friday evening of the last of the 177 people who had been considered at risk of catching the virus. “No symptoms. We are happy to close this Ebola chapter with Dallas tonight,” the department said. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1793269” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] In this photo provided by Texas Health Resources, former President George W. Bush walks into Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. AP[/caption]