WSU Virology

Although the C.D.C. advisory appeared to meet the definition of a Level 3 alert — “avoid nonessential travel” — it was issued as a Level 2.Levels 1 and 2 are “practice usual precautions” and “practice enhanced precautions.” A C.D.C. spokesman said it was kept at Level 2 because Level 3 indicates danger to all travelers while Level 2 means danger only to travelers with “specific risk factors” — in this case, pregnancy.

Already 10 other flare-ups have taken place in areas where the spread of Ebola was thought to have ended, raising new questions about WHO procedures in assessing whether an epidemic was really over.

the woman was not buried safely because local health workers had not identified her as a suspected Ebola case. That raises the possibility there could be a wider Ebola outbreak.