US warns Ebola outbreak on scale of largest ‘is possible’

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Peta-Gaye HardyJournalist at Jamaica Observer

June 5, 2026

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US warns Ebola outbreak on scale of largest ‘is possible’

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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United State (US) CDC on Friday urged strong public health interventions against the current Ebola outbreak, citing their models that show it could otherwise rival the scale of the 2014 West Africa outbreak.

That eruption of the virus resulted in more than 28,000 cases and more than 11,000 deaths.

“That scale is possible,” said Jason Asher, director of CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, during a press briefing.

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