# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi says no country is immune to an Ebola outbreak, and while no cases have been detected in South Africa, the country remains on high alert. The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in Africa, claiming the lives of four-thousand-600 people, with more than nine-thousand-500 cases recorded. Cases have also been detected in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda. Motsoaledi says 24 public and 12 private hospitals have been prepared to handle potential Ebola cases:
Minister Motsoaledi says no Ebola cases have been detected in South Africa [SOUND]
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