44 Ohioans Being Monitored for Potential Ebola Exposure
By Lydia Taylor and Pete Grieve Columbus
UPDATED 6:25 PM ET Mar. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:15 PM ET Mar. 22, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Health departments in Ohio are monitoring 44 residents who have a travel history to countries with Ebola cases, Ohio officials said Monday.
The deadly virus emerged in 2014 in West Africa, infecting people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. A new epidemic was declared in Guinea, and there are also currently people infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least nine people have died.
Ohio is not alone in monitoring people with travel histories. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said health departments were quarantining 11 people who had come to the state from the affected countries.
?They assess their exposure risk, they educate them...
....The Ohio Department of Health said Monday the state will monitor people for 21 days.
"Ohio is currently monitoring 44 travelers who have returned to Ohio from Ebola-affected countries," spokesperson Alicia Shoults told Spectrum News 1. "None have reported symptoms."....https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbu...ebola-exposure
By Lydia Taylor and Pete Grieve Columbus
UPDATED 6:25 PM ET Mar. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:15 PM ET Mar. 22, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Health departments in Ohio are monitoring 44 residents who have a travel history to countries with Ebola cases, Ohio officials said Monday.
The deadly virus emerged in 2014 in West Africa, infecting people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. A new epidemic was declared in Guinea, and there are also currently people infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least nine people have died.
Ohio is not alone in monitoring people with travel histories. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said health departments were quarantining 11 people who had come to the state from the affected countries.
?They assess their exposure risk, they educate them...
....The Ohio Department of Health said Monday the state will monitor people for 21 days.
"Ohio is currently monitoring 44 travelers who have returned to Ohio from Ebola-affected countries," spokesperson Alicia Shoults told Spectrum News 1. "None have reported symptoms."....https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbu...ebola-exposure
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