The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday raised its travel health alert to three, its highest, warning Americans to avoid nonessential travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The CDC Director, Tom Frieden said the agency would also send additional 50 personnel over the next month to the three countries to help the 12 staff already on ground.
“This is the biggest and most complex Ebola outbreak in history. Far too many lives have been lost already,” said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden. He said “It will take many months, and it won’t be easy, but Ebola can be stopped. We know what needs to be done".
He said there was no known cure and no vaccine, but that care from medical workers so far had helped sustain the lives of many of those infected.
Dr. Frieden said that even in a best-case scenario, it could easily take three to six months to stem the epidemic in West Africa.
(C) Politico 01/08/14
