CBS: Ebola Outbreak in Congo ‘Has Now Spread to Uganda,’ with at Least 65 People Dead, Hundreds of Suspected Cases Reported

RUSH TRANSCRIPT LUCIANO In ░░░░░░░░ province health officials are ░░░░░░░░ a new Ebola outbreak ░░░░░░░░ Africa CDC says there ░░░░░░░░ two hundred and forty ░░░░░░░░ suspected cases and at ░░░░░░░░ sixty five people dead ░░░░░░░░ highest death toll from ░░░░░░░░ disease In years the ░░░░░░░░ Health Organization is concerned ░░░░░░░░ We know very well ░░░░░░░░ the country has experience ░░░░░░░░ region where it has ░░░░░░░░ is highly volatile weather ░░░░░░░░ situation going on under ░░░░░░░░ moving around from south ░░░░░░░░ to Uganda Another parts ░░░░░░░░ Government officials confirmed the ░░░░░░░░ has now spread to ░░░░░░░░ Medical professionals seem very ░░░░░░░░ about the possibility of ░░░░░░░░ above Ability to contain ░░░░░░░░ that s why is ░░░░░░░░ compare to other times ░░░░░░░░ It s already a ░░░░░░░░ outbreak at the point ░░░░░░░░ we re hearing about ░░░░░░░░ There horny been a ░░░░░░░░ of deaths and this ░░░░░░░░ a strain of ebola ░░░░░░░░ which we have no ░░░░░░░░ no vaccines LUCIANO The ░░░░░░░░ spreads through direct contact ░░░░░░░░ blood and other bodily ░░░░░░░░ Doctor Craig Spencer contracted ░░░░░░░░ will work In in ░░░░░░░░ in 2014 SPENCER Health ░░░░░░░░ workers or the group ░░░░░░░░ I m really concerned ░░░░░░░░ because they have very ░░░░░░░░ contact with people when ░░░░░░░░ re most contagious particularly ░░░░░░░░ the time of folk ░░░░░░░░ LUCIANO And the u ░░░░░░░░ has been the single ░░░░░░░░ external player in ebola ░░░░░░░░ in the past Now ░░░░░░░░ are worried that the ░░░░░░░░ of usa idea that ░░░░░░░░ was withdrawing from the ░░░░░░░░ Health Organization could have ░░░░░░░░ impact in the global ░░░░░░░░ to contain the virus”