The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Although the current epidemic does not cause a significant risk to other nations, many countries,including China and the United States of America,have actually been working closely with the Ebola hit states. For example,the US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention(CDC)is taking precautions at home besides its activities abroad.


CDC.s team of“virus hunters”is supported by specialized public health teams both in West Africa and at the CDC Atlanta headquarters. Together, they offer continuous support to save lives and protect people. CDC works closely with a number of US government agencies,national and international partners. CDC.s experience of working with Ebola is
important to the World Health Organization.s growing West Africa Ebola response.
On Sept.2,2014,CDC Director,Tom Frieden called for more international partners to join this effort.“The sooner the world comes together to help West Africa,the safer we all will be. We know how to stop this outbreak. There is a window of opportunity to do so—the
challenge is to scale up the massive response needed to stop this outbreak.”
CDC.s response to Ebola is the largest international outbreak response in CDC.s history with over 100 disease specialists on the ground in West Africa,supported by hundreds of public health emergency response experts stateside, activated at Level 1,its highest level,
because of the significance of this outbreak.
The CDC supports affected countries to establish Emergency Operations Centers at national and local levels and helps countries track the epidemic including using real-time data to improve real-time response.
Efforts in West Africa to identify those infected and track people who have come into contact with them are improving. The CDC is operating and supporting labs in the region to improve diagnosis and testing samples from people with suspected Ebola from around the
world.
Local health care systems are strengthened through communication,coordination with
partners and training on infection control for health care workers and safe patient treatment.
26. How could we describe the 2014 Ebola outbreak?
A. The first one in western countries.
B. It did not ever threaten West Africa.
C. Not the first but the largest one.
27. The 2014 Ebola outbreak response was
A. an American stateside activity
B. an international activity
C. a regional activity
28. What does the underlined word“massive”mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Huge. B. Quick.
C. Urgent,


29. How many disease specialists from CDC have gone to West Africa for the Ebola
response?
A. Less than 100. B. A hundred.
C. More than 100.
30. What action does CDC take to respond to the large Ebola outbreak?
A. Work closely with governmental,national and international partners.
B. Call for more partners to join this effort.
C. Establish Emergency Operations Centers.

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