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The three-page list of recommendations include instructing funeral workers to wear protective equipment when dealing with the remains since Ebola can be transmitted in postmortem care. It also instructs to avoid autopsies and embalming.On Tuesday, the CDC confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States, a patient in Texas.Click here to follow the latest updates.Click here for complete coverage on the Ebola outbreak.Alysia English is Executive Director of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association, the oldest and largest funeral association in Georgia.Georgia is comprised of 700 funeral homes and 2,000 funeral directors.CBS46 asked English if Georgians should be alarmed by these guidelines."Absolutely not. In fact, if they weren't hearing about it, they should be a whole lot more concerned," said English.She said Georgia has one of the country's most thorough public health plan
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