House Speaker John Boehner urged President Barack Obama Wednesday to impose a temporary measure banning travel from Ebola-stricken countries to the U.S. as concern grows over the possibility of an Ebola crisis in the country.

Exactly one month ago, President Obama claimed that the odds of an Ebola outbreak  in U.S. soil are minimal. One person died of the disease while an untold number of people have been exposed to the infection since.

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The Ohio Republican thinks the solution to stopping the spread of infection lies in temporarily banning flights to and from West Africa where more than 4,000 people have already died in the sweeping outbreak.

In an emailed statement, Boehner urged the president to consider other appropriate measures amid growing doubts about the security of U.S. air travel systems.

He said the administration must ensure the protection of the American public from the deadly disease, vowing that he will continue to press the White House for better information on protective measures.

Republicans have been quick to denounce the government's Ebola response, with some lawmakers calling for the resignation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas R. Frieden for his mishandling of the two Texan healthcare workers who contracted the virus.

Frieden has earlier rejected calls to propose travel ban from Ebola outbreak zones, saying travel to and from the region is necessary for the delivery of health supplies and personnel who work to control the outbreak.

Last week, three Democrats and two dozen Republicans wrote Obama a letter urging him to impose travel restrictions from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea where the most number of Ebola infections have been recorded. 

In a speech Wednesday, President Obama did not indicate any plan of banning travel from affected countries. Officials said cutting these countries off could destabilize their governments and may make it more difficult to push back the spread of Ebola, NBC News said. 

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