Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Michael Wolf recently announced Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg have been designated by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as official Ebola treatment centers in Pennsylvania.

The hospitals join the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania which were announced as treatment centers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last month.

At this time, there are no confirmed Ebola cases in Pennsylvania.

"Ebola treatment centers are equipped to provide long-term care to an Ebola patient based on assessments conducted by the state and CDC that demonstrate they have the appropriate staff, equipment, capabilities, training and resources to provide the necessary complex treatment," Wolf said.

"Penn State Hershey and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg join an elite list of hospitals that can provide this level of care while minimizing risk to health care workers and the public," Wolf added.

CDC is working collaboratively to provide guidance and to help state health departments, local health authorities and hospital administration to select and officially designate treatment centers across the United States. Each facility is assessed onsite by a CDC rapid Ebola preparedness team.

As of Dec. 31, 2014, 46 hospitals in the United States are supplementing the three national bio containment facilities at Emory University Hospital, Nebraska Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health, which will continue to play a major role in the overall national treatment strategy, particularly for patients who are medically evacuated from overseas.

Medical facilities are continuing to be added in other states.

For the current, complete list of Ebola treatment centers in the United States, as well as other information pertaining to Ebola, visit www.cdc. gov. The department also has information available at www.health.pa.gov.