Health Experts Warn Ebola Risk At World Cup Is 'Extremely Low' But 'Low Isn't Zero'

Teona Gherasim

If a traveler infected with Ebola does arrive in the U.S. during the tournament, infectious disease experts say hospitals are ready to respond. CHICAGO, June 15 (Reuters) - 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, U.S. hospitals are ready to respond, U.S. infectious disease experts say. It wasn’t always so. During the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, a