The US State Department has issued a Level 4 alert for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan or Uganda, urging Americans not to travel to any of these countries for any reason due to the Ebola outbreak. For Rwanda, the department issued a Level 3 alert asking Americans to reconsider travel. The travel alerts are in response to the CDC and WHO announcement on the recent Ebola outbreak.“Medical services in South Sudan are extremely limited. Access to adequate medical treatment, as well as routine emergency procedures, is often unavailable, and even minor health problems may require medical evacuation. All medical services, including medical evacuation, are at your expense. If you purchase additional medical insurance, be sure to keep records of all medical services paid for and provided,” the U.S. Department of Health wrote in the advisory for South Sudan.Ebola is a rare, serious and often fatal hemorrhagic fever disease spread by direct contact with infected individuals or their bodily fluids.Dr. Peter Stafford, an American doctor, has been infected with Ebola as he and his wife Dr. Rebekah Stafford were treating patients during the outbreak in the DRC. The couple’s four children are also being monitored for symptoms. The couple moved to Africa in 2019.As of Tuesday, there have been 131 deaths linked to the current outbreak.The American doctor is being treated in a hospital in Germany at the request of the US government. Germany’s Federal Health Ministry said, “At present, arrangements are being made for the admission and treatment of the patient in Germany.” “Germany has a nationwide network of specialists for the management and care of patients with diseases caused by highly pathogenic pathogens,” the ministry said.The CDC issued a new order on Monday barring foreign travelers from entering the US if they have visited a country affected by the outbreak, including DR Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, in the past 21 days.The agency enforced Title 42, a law that temporarily bans non-citizens from coming to the US for public health reasons.President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “concerned” by the outbreak in DR Congo, but also said he believed it had not spread to the US.