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China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-06 08:23

France

Ebola could hit by Oct 24

Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict a 75 percent chance the virus could be imported to France by Oct 24, and a 50 percent chance it could hit Britain by that date. Those numbers are based on air traffic remaining at full capacity. Assuming an 80 percent reduction in travel to reflect the fact that many airlines are halting flights to affected regions, France's risk is still 25 percent, and Britain's is 15 percent.

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