WHO Lists 13 Hotspots For Ebola: Ebola News Updates -- October 10, 2014

Ebola’s Next Stop May Be Ivory Coast as WHO Prepares Neighbors -- Bloomberg

Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal top a list of 13 countries the World Health Organization is urging to be prepared for cases of the Ebola virus to ensure the epidemic doesn’t spread further.

The WHO is concluding a three-day meeting in the Republic of Congo today with a goal of developing a checklist African countries should use to ensure they’re prepared. Representatives from the the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and African Development Bank were there as well.

The virus has spread to five of the seven counties in Guinea and Liberia that share borders with Ivory Coast, compared with just one county five weeks ago, according to the Geneva-based WHO. The other nations the agency is concerned may get Ebola cases are Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Co

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WHO Lists 13 Hotspots For Ebola: Ebola News Updates -- October 10, 2014

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