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US - Ohio: 2 children hospitalized for ebola screening in Columbus - negative
Re: US - Ohio: 2 children hospitalized for ebola screening in Columbus
Two girls tested for Ebola at Nationwide Children?s Hospital
By Misti Crane The Columbus Dispatch ? Sunday November 23, 2014 11:28 AM
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The girls, 4 and 6, recently traveled to West Africa with their mother and had been monitored daily by Columbus Public Health for 17 days since their return, spokesman Jose Rodriguez said this morning.
The girls developed high fevers overnight and their family notified health officials about 1 a.m. today, he said. When Columbus Public Health last checked in yesterday morning, the girls had no symptoms, Rodriguez said.
Test results for Ebola and respiratory illnesses are expected by 6 p.m. tonight...
Rodriguez said at least one of the girls had a cough, which is not an Ebola symptom, according to CDC.
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* The mother of the two girls is also isolated and being tested (no report on whether or not she is symptomatic)
* Test results are expected by 6 p.m. today (Sunday)
* Columbus Public Health says 50 potential contacts have been traced and are being monitored but not quarantined.
* The family returned from Sierra Leone 17 days ago.
Two North Side sisters who underwent Ebola testing today have the flu.
The girls, 4 and 6, had recently traveled to Sierra Leone and developed fevers early this morning, prompting concern about Ebola. Tests for that virus came back negative, said Columbus Public Health spokesman Jose Rodriguez. Early Ebola symptoms and flu symptoms are similar.
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