Louisiana - LSU employee under quarantine after returning from Ebola training mission in Liberia

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LSU employee under quarantine after returning from Ebola training mission in Liberia

By Emily Lane, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on October 16, 2014 at 8:29 AM, updated October 16, 2014 at 2:54 PM

An LSU employee who recently returned to Baton Rouge from Liberia where he trained police there to avoid contracting Ebola will remain under a precautionary 21-day quarantine before returning to campus, according to the university.

Jason Krause, an associate director at LSU with the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, was among a team of five from the United States on a three-week mission to train officers how to react to the spreading of the virus. He trained more than 1,200 officers about how to protect themselves and prevent spreading Ebola during their daily dealings on the job, according to WAFB, which first reported Krause's return. He did not, university spokesman Ernie Ballard said, deal with patients or in any medical setting.
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Krause returned to the city Tuesday (Oct. 14), and the university asked him to remain quarantined in his home for three weeks as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to those traveling from the affected region, Ballard said. The CDC did not require LSU to quarantine Krause, but "the university wanted to err on the side of caution and adhere to the 21-day quarantine."
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Louisiana State University Scientist monitored for ebola after returning from ebola infected regions

Louisiana State University Scientist monitored for ebola after returning from ebola infected regions

There are apparently four in Louisiana, one man in New Orleans, a scientist from the university, plus the the two people in Marrero County.



A man in the New Orleans area is being monitored for signs of Ebola after returning to Louisiana from visiting an Ebola-affected country, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said Thursday.

Olivia Watson, spokesperson for the DHH said the man is at a ?low risk for Ebola,? and had no history of exposure. But out of an ?abundance of caution? he will be watched for 21-day.

?We are monitoring him in the same manner as an individual in the Capital Region with temperature and symptom checks,? Watson said.

State health officials are still watching the symptoms of a Louisiana State University scientist who returned from Africa last week. He was part of a U.S. team that was instructing police officers on how to stop the spread of the deadly disease.

According to Dr. Raoult C. Ratard, MD there are no laws restricting the activities of people being monitored for Ebola. Just a strong urging to stay away from public place, ?Public transportation, trains, bus. They have to commit not to get in contact with other people.?

http://wgno.com/2014/10/23/new-orleans-area-man-being-monitored-for-signs-of-ebola-dhh-says/