top
Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say
Why this matters: a developing story that could shape the day's news cycle.
Modelling from US CDC shows Ebola spread could be on ‘dangerous trajectory’, but experts warn outbreaks can be very hard to predict Central Africa’s Ebola outbreak could spread to be similar in scale to the worst outbreak in history, west Africa’s 2014-2016 outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people, according to a new analysis by US health officials.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday published a range of scenarios generated by computer models, from 10,000 cases to more than 20,000. In the west Africa outbreak, more than 28,000 cases were reported. Continue reading...
Article preview — originally published by The Guardian. Full story at the source.
Read full story on The Guardian →
More top stories
Also covered by
STAT News
CDC: Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong countermeasures
NPR News
Current Ebola outbreak could surpass largest on record
Investing.com
WHO launches $518 million plan to curb Africa Ebola outbreak
NPR News
CDC report: Ebola outbreak could rival the worst on record unless world acts
Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from The Guardian alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place.
Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop