President Donald Trump says he is “concerned” about the deadly Ebola outbreak sweeping Central Africa but believes it has been “confined right now to Africa”, as the United States scrambles to bolster its response after an American worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo tested positive for the virus.

The WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a global emergency, raising concerns of a larger, undetected spread. Trump's cuts to global health funding may have hindered…

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Saturday.

CDC says risk to Americans is low, but did not say whether any Americans were exposed in Africa