The Ebola outbreak status is looking positive in areas in Africa worst hit, but the US is still taking precautions.
An Ebola outbreak status update is looking up abroad, even though the areas worst hit in Africa are still in dire situations. This summer's prediction of worse outbreaks won't materialize if the current trend of recovery continues.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted an outbreak in of a million cases worldwide, if the Ebola virus manages to cross borders; several health workers were infected and required to be brought back home, stateside.
Mathias Gillmann of the U.N. Secretary General's office offers a brighter outlook, in a Talking Points Memo interview. "The U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response does feel, does see that there are signs that the strategy is working. Where the money has been put and where the means have been put, it looks like the strategy seems to be working."
Gillmann still cautions the positive status of the outbreak shouldn't be cause to be complacent. "As long there is one single case that remains, then we can't let up the effort."
Daniel Epstein of the World Health Organization has a straightforward evaluation: "It's certainly early to say that this is over. It's even early to say that this is getting better. It appears to have stabilized."
The Ebola outbreak status in Nigeria remains positive compared to the three countries worst hit: Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Ebola's outbreak status in US is still non-existent, but The Department of Homeland Security is tightening security measures just the same.
People from the three affected countries can apply for an 18-month protection from deportation as well as work permit, followed by evaluations. The offer is waived for nationals who arrive to US shores starting today, though.
"The Ebola response in the United States has been front and center in the United States government at high levels. This designation has been part of that constant monitoring, reevaluation and reassessment of the appropriate response," according to a Department of Homeland Security official (yahoo.com).
