Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen regarding efforts to mitigate and contain the Ebola outbreak.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a health entity, has vowed to contribute about $60 million to fast-track the development of vaccine candidates against the Bundibugyo ebolavirus.
The federal government has restricted entry into the United States from portions of Africa to just three airports, ordering that all travelers who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan within the past three weeks must arrive through Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, Virginia's Dulles International Airport, or Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Amid reports of an Ebola outbreak in Africa, the State Department has shut down several embassies, while the CDC has paused people in the affected countries from entering the United States.
