Ebola Spread Limited as Texas, Nigeria See Relief
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The outlook for the spread of Ebola outside of West Africa improved today as 43 people who had contact with a deceased Ebola patient in Texas were cleared of risk and health officials declared Nigeria free of the disease.
The global developments suggest Ebola can be controlled in nations with stronger health systems than the three West African countries still being ravaged by the disease. Nigeria is the continent’s most populous country, so controlling Ebola there will make it easier to stop the spread. Texas has been shaken by the announcements that two nurses who cared for the patient in Dallas have been infected.