Thirty-five hospitals across the United States have been designated as Ebola treatment centers, and more will be designated in the coming weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
These centers have the staff, equipment, training and resources to provide the complex treatment required to care for Ebola patients, while minimizing risk to health care workers, the agency said.
"We continue our efforts to strengthen domestic preparedness and hospital readiness," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said in a CDC news release.
More than 80 percent of travelers returning to the United States from Ebola-affected countries live within 200 miles of a designated treatment center, the CDC said.