Ex-CDC chief Robert Redfield fears Ebola outbreak is going to become ‘very significant pandemic’

Source: New York Post

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield warned that the Ebola outbreak could potentially become “a very significant pandemic. ” The virologist, who spearheaded the agency during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Wednesday that he suspects that outbreak will be “very disruptive,” adding it’s “moving very rapidly. ” The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are battling the spread of the rare Ebola strain, Bundibugyo, with 575 suspected cases and 148 suspected deaths already reported, according to the CDC.