Thank you Michael, Arthur, and Steve.r .

Without adding more links ( there are regular updates in news media ), in my opinion :-


• Unlikely to be a miracle cure or vaccine for Ebola any time soon.


• An infected person COULD board a plane and unknowingly carry Ebola virus to a country beyond West Africa, before symptoms appear. Usual incubation period up to a week.


• " High index of suspicion " essential to recognize the chance of Ebola virus infection if the travel history raises this possibility. Diagnosis on blood samples can be made a day before symptoms appear. Tight border controls, with early isolation, are vital. Contacts need to be traced, with safe handling of " biohazardous " materials and ( if required ) bodies.


• Virus not transmitted person-person through the air, or by " casual " contact.


• This all suggests the chance of an outbreak of Ebola virus infection is very low in high-resource countries, and low elsewhere.


• International assistance is already promised. What healthcare workers and the public already know hopefully should control this epidemic and avert panic through misinformation.