00:01U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was concerned about Ebola, but noted that
00:07the virus remains confined to Africa for now.
00:10Go ahead, Ebola.
00:11Ebola.
00:12You said Ebola.
00:13Should America be concerned about Ebola?
00:15I'm concerned about everything, but certainly am.
00:18I think that it's been confined right now to Africa, but it's something that has had
00:25a breakout.
00:25U.S. officials said an American who tested positive for the Bundibugio strain of Ebola
00:31will be evacuated to Germany for treatment, along with six individuals considered high-risk
00:37contacts.
00:38Dr. Heidi Overton, Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, that there are
00:43currently no Ebola cases in the United States and that authorities are working to keep it
00:48that way.
00:49U.S. authorities have also issued travel advisories and imposed entry restrictions on non-citizens
00:55who have recently traveled to affected areas, including Uganda, Democratic Republic of the
01:01Congo, and South Sudan.
01:03Meanwhile, medical teams are racing to contain a new Ebola outbreak in Eastern Democratic Republic
01:10of the Congo, where health experts say delayed detection may have allowed the virus to spread
01:15more widely.
01:17Authorities say the outbreak may have killed about 80 people in recent weeks in Ituri province,
01:22with 246 suspected cases reported so far, although many remain unverified.
01:28The World Health Organization has warned that the outbreak poses a high regional risk after
01:33the virus crossed into Uganda.
01:37The World Health Organization has warned that the outbreak poses a high regional risk after
01:45the virus has completely unregulated.
01:46The virus can now be approached by the virus.
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