Former CDC director on Ebola outbreak: ‘I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic’
Redfield said delayed detection and weak containment could let the rare Bundibugyo strain spread across borders, with more than 500 suspected cases reported.
- Former CDC Director Robert Redfield warned that the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak could become a "very significant pandemic," cautioning the virus might leak into Tanzania, South Sudan, and Rwanda from Congo and Uganda.
- The Bundibugyo strain carries a fatality rate between 25% and 50% with no vaccine available; Heather Reoch Kerr of the International Rescue Committee told Politico on Tuesday that funding cuts left the region dangerously exposed.
- In Congo and Uganda, officials report 34 confirmed cases and 134 suspected deaths, while the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern over the weekend.
- The State Department issued a travel advisory on Thursday requiring "enhanced public health screening" for arrivals from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan, implemented by the CDC, Customs, and Border Protection.
- Global health officials fear the highly contagious virus will soon spread beyond its current epicentre, emphasizing that neighboring nations must prepare for immediate cross-border transmissions to avoid systemic collapse.
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Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said that the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in multiple African nations may reach into other parts of the continent, becoming a “very significant pandemic.” “I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic, probably going to leak into Tanzania, leak into southern Sudan, maybe leak into Rwanda,” Redfield said in an interview with NewsNation that aired Wednesda…
Former CDC Director Concerned The Ebola Outbreak Could Become A 'Very Significant Pandemic'
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Ex-CDC chief Robert Redfield fears Ebola outbreak is going to become ‘very significant pandemic’
"This one really wasn’t picked up until there was over 100 cases. As you said, now there’s over 500 cases," Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers Disease Control and Prevention, said.
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