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As of October 6, 2014, seven countries have reported cases of Ebola as noted below.   The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported at least 53 cases from a local Ebola outbreak ( link )   not associated with the current outbreak that apparently originated in Guinea in December 2013 ( link ).    Guinea (977 confirmed cases) link Liberia (931 confirmed cases) link Nigeria (19 confirmed cases) link Senegal (1 imported infection) link Sierra Leone (2179 confirmed cases) link Spain (1 locally acquired infection) link United State of America (1 imported infection) link

Presently, only four countries, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone (as depicted in red on the map below) have confirmed cases of Ebola. But the outbreak is rapidly becoming out of control with more than 2400 cases reported. Several weeks ago, on August 3, the director of the Center for Disease Control in the United States, was quoted as saying that Ebola is “out of control” ( link ) at that time. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that they have underestimated the extent of this Ebola outbreak in Africa in a situation assessment identifying the many reasons why the current cases are underestimated. ( link ) The inability of the international health community to understand this outbreak is precisely because it is out of control in the West African nations. However this outbreak is more than an African problem. There is worldwide concern for this infectious disease. So far, no cases have yet been reported beyond the four African nations. The FluTrackers cr...