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U.S. says Ebola outbreak won't affect Africa summit
English.news.cn 2014-08-01 05:47:03
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The White House said on Thursday that it
will not reschedule the U.S.-Africa summit slated for early next week due
to the Ebola epidemic hitting Western Africa nations hard.
"At this point, there are no plans in place to alter the schedule in any
way," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at a daily news briefing.
He said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) "has
concluded that there is no significant risk in the United States from the
current Ebola outbreak."
The CDC on Thursday issued a warning advising American citizens against
traveling to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The White House has invited leaders of African countries, except those from
Zimbabwe, Sudan, Eritrea and the Central African Republic, for a summit in
Washington D.C. on Aug. 4-6, the first of its kind in the United States.
The presidents of Sierra Leone and Liberia, however, have announced their
absence from the gathering for a regional meeting instead to cope with
Ebola.
"We certainly understand the decision that was made by some of these
African leaders to not participate," Earnest said. "They obviously have
some very pressing items of business to handle in their own countries."
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