New CDC Data Shows Signs of Progress in Dealing with Ebola Epidemic in Liberia and the U.S.

As the world’s health organizations continue their efforts to stop the spread of the Ebola outbreak, the CDC released information indicating that progress is being made. The information comes in the form of articles in the most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from November 14.

According to a summary of the information, the CDC indicated that “the effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these trends will require sustained efforts.”

While the reports indicate progress in some Liberian counties, the CDC is quick to point out that multiple outbreaks continue throughout the country.

Among the Ebola reports in the CDC release, one actually provides an overview of the complex and rapidly changing situation in Liberia.

The agency summarized the findings or that report in a statement to the press writing, “There is widespread distribution of disease in urban and rural settings. Containing the epidemic will require more intensive efforts to identify new cases and perform contact tracing in the densely populated capital city of Monrovia while rapidly containing outbreaks in hard-to-reach and newly affected areas.”

The weekly data from the CDC, including all of the reports, is available online at the CDC web site at: CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.