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Former CDC director fears Ebola outbreak will become 'very significant pandemic'

Ebola is a highly contagious disease transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. It frequently causes fatal haemorrhagic fever, rapid multi-organ failure and internal or external bleeding

A former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has said he believes the Ebola outbreak will become a “very significant pandemic”.

Robert Redfield said on Wednesday, May 20 during an appearance on NewsNation: “I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic, probably going to leak into Tanzania, leak into southern Sudan, maybe leak into Rwanda.”

“So, it’s going to be very disruptive.”

Ebola is a highly contagious disease transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. It frequently causes fatal haemorrhagic fever, rapid multi-organ failure and internal or external bleeding.