CDC Raises Ebola Response to Highest Level Amid DRC Outbreak
The agency said the escalation will mobilize more staff and resources as more than 1,100 people have tested positive since May.
- On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its Ebola response to Level 1, the highest emergency designation, as the outbreak spreads rapidly across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
- The Bundibugyo strain has infected over 1,200 individuals in the DRC and 20 in Uganda since May, prompting urgent containment efforts as cases rise rapidly across the region.
- Efforts to combat the virus include deploying 19 staff members, shipping 2,500 diagnostic tests, and sending doses of experimental treatment MBP134 to the DRC and Uganda, alongside $107 million in emergency funding.
- The Trump administration requested $1.4 billion from Congress on Thursday, while Dr. Satish Pillai, the CDC's Ebola response incidence manager, emphasized the current risk to the United States remains low.
- Without containment, the outbreak could reach the scale of the 2014-2016 epidemic, which killed more than 11,000 people according to the World Health Organization , highlighting the urgency of current response efforts.
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CDC Raises Ebola Response to Highest Level as Outbreak Grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its highest-level emergency response to the growing Ebola outbreak in central Africa caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, as the agency says that the risk of spread within the United States remains low. The move to Level 1 activation, signifying the most severe health crises, comes as the outbreak, which is now in its second month, has infected more than 1,200 people in Congo, wi…
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CDC ups response to Ebola outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to its highest level on Friday, but said risk of the disease spreading in the U.S. is low.
On Friday, US health authorities raised their response level to the highest degree in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a move reflecting growing international concern over the continued spread of the disease and its expansion to neighboring countries.
US experts on the ground in Congo and Uganda due to Ebola
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