Indiana - 6 People In Indiana Being Monitored For Ebola Symptoms

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6 People In Indiana Being Monitored For Ebola Symptoms

Link to TV Station Fox59 is Below:

http://fox59.com/2014/10/29/5-in-indiana-being-monitored-for-ebola-symptoms-state-health-officials-say/

"INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 29, 2014) ? State health officials are monitoring six people in Indiana for Ebola symptoms in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

All are considered low risk. Indiana was one of the first states to begin ?direct active monitoring? of returning travelers. Gov. Mike Pence and the Indiana State Department of Health implemented the policy on Oct. 16."

"Two patients have completed the monitoring protocol while six others are currently under observation. They?re cooperating with the protocol, which lasts 21 days. State health officials aren?t releasing the names of the counties where travelers are being monitored in accordance with privacy laws."

 

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Officials monitoring Indiana travelers for Ebola symptoms

Initial monitoring was 9. Currently 6 still in monitoring. A bit of new information on how the monitoring is done using Skype.

From WISHTV8
http://wishtv.com/2014/10/30/officials-monitoring-indiana-travelers-for-ebola-symptoms/


"The CDC contacts the state health department whenever someone coming from the Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa enters the United States, with a final destination of Indiana. So far, the state has monitored nine people. Two people have already passed the 21-day incubation period and one person has left the state.

?The beauty of doing on-going monitoring is that we will identify the slightest change in temperatures or in symptoms of these individuals,? said Duwve.

The daily check-ins are key for early detection, according to health officials.

?The sooner you get into care, the better your outcome. That?s an incentive for those travelers to report early symptoms to us,? said Melissa McMasters with the Marion County Health Department.

Twice a day, the travelers will Skype with local health department officials, take their temperatures and hold the thermometer up to the camera for the officials to verify. By video-conferencing, officials say they can let people go on about their normal lives, but still reduce any chance of Ebola spreading in Indiana."