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CDC Director Warns That Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable

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A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola patient in the village of Mangina, in North Kivu province, on Aug. 18. (Olivia Acland/Reuters)

washingtonpost.com - by Lena H. Sun - November 5, 2018

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Monday that the Ebola outbreak in conflict-ridden Congo has become so serious that international public health experts need to consider the possibility that it cannot be brought under control and instead will become entrenched.

If that happened, it would be the first time since the deadly viral disease was first identified in 1976 that an Ebola outbreak led to the persistent presence of the disease. In all previous outbreaks, most of which took place in remote areas, the disease was contained before it spread widely. 

Read the complete article within the link below . . .

CSIS - North Kivu’s Ebola Outbreak at Day 90: What Is to Be Done?



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