The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention CDC raised its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC to its highest level on Friday but said the risk of the disease spreading in the US remained low.
The move, reserved for the most severe health crises, signals growing concern over the rare strains rapid spread.
The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has infected more than 1,200 people in the DRC, including 321 deaths, and 20 cases in neighbouring Uganda, reaching the highest first-month total of any episode of the disease, the World Health Organisation ?said this week.
