Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital designated as EVD medical center (4/8)

A staff examines blood samples in a lab at Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital of Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 20, 2014. Authorities in Shandong recently made Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital the province's designated medical service institution for potential EVD cases. The hospital has taken a series of precautionary measures against the disease, which has already caused over 1,000 deaths in West Africa this year. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)