World Cup ebola risk is ‘extremely low’ — but experts say the US is prepared
Experts have conducted nationwide training exercises simulating a potential disease outbreaks at the games.
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World News World Cup ebola risk is ‘extremely low’ — but experts say the US is prepared By Reuters Published June 15, 2026, 11:23 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google CHICAGO — The risk that a traveler infected with Ebola could arrive in the United States during the 2026 World Cup tournament that kicked off last week is low but not zero, and if that happens, US hospitals are ready to respond, US infectious disease experts say. It wasn’t always so. During the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, arrived in a Dallas hospital with Ebola symptoms and was turned away before being admitted. Two nurses were infected but survived.
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