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         Red Cross: Ebola Outbreak Could be Contained in 4 to 6 Months

   by VOA News

   The head of the Red Cross said the Ebola outbreak that has killed more
   than 4,500 people in West Africa could be contained within four to six
   months if the right steps are followed.

   Elhadj As Sy told reporters Wednesday in China that the time frame is
   possible with good isolation and treatment for those with confirmed
   cases of Ebola, along with proper burials for those who died from the
   virus.

   His comments come as the World Health Organization convenes a meeting
   of its Emergency Committee on Ebola to discuss the latest developments
   in the outbreak and whether to alter its recommendations.

   The talks are expected to take one or two days, after which the WHO
   will give a briefing with the results.

   The U.N. body said Tuesday that an experimental Ebola vaccine could be
   in use by January.

   WHO assistant director Dr. Marie Paule Kieny said clinical trials of
   Ebola vaccines are underway or planned in Europe, the United States and
   Africa. She said that if the vaccines are deemed safe there could be a
   West African trial in January, using tens of thousands of doses.

   She did not say when an Ebola vaccine might be widely available.

   Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have been the hardest hit by the
   Ebola outbreak, with more than 9,100 cases.

   U.S. Homeland Security officials are requiring all travelers from those
   three countries to fly to the U.S. through one of five airports with
   enhanced Ebola screening.

   The airports are in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Washington, and Newark,
   New Jersey.

   Ninety-four percent of travelers coming to the U.S. from those three
   countries arrive at these airports even during normal conditions.
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