New Jersey: Passenger at Newark airport taken to hospital for Ebola evaluation

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Passenger at Newark airport taken to hospital for Ebola evaluation
Last updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 9:53 PM
By MARY JO LAYTON
STAFF WRITER |
The Record

A passenger on a flight from Liberia via Brussels arrived at Newark Airport Tuesday afternoon and is being evaluated at University Hospital for possible symptoms and exposure to Ebola, federal health officials confirmed.

?During the enhanced screening process for individuals arriving to the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, an individual was identified as reporting symptoms or having a potential exposure to Ebola,?? a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday night.

The passenger was held briefly in the customs area at Terminal C and was immediately separated from other travelers on the flight, which arrived at 12:55 p.m. The man, a Liberian national, was singled out for screening by agents because of his recent travel to Liberia and was found to have a fever, sources told NBC 4 New York...

 

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An ambulance escorted by Port Authority Police and officers from Customs and Border Protection left Newark Liberty International Airport at 4:45 Tuesday evening.
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Sources confirmed to Eyewitness News that the passenger arrived aboard United flight 998 from Brussels, Belgium. Other passengers, said Crawford, were not detained.
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Passenger Lands at Newark With Fever, Evaluated at Hospital for Possible Ebola: Sources
By Brian Thompson, Pei-Sze Cheng and Fred Mamoun
Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014 ? Updated at 10:21 PM EDT

Medical workers at University Hospital in Newark have isolated a sick passenger who landed at Newark Liberty Airport from Brussels and are evaluating him "as if he has Ebola" out of extreme caution, sources tell NBC 4 New York.

The man, a Liberian national, had traveled from Liberia to Brussels before flying into Newark on United Airlines Flight 998 just before 1 p.m., Tuesday, officials said.

He waited in line with other passengers at the customs check-in, and then was singled out for a health screening by agents because of his recent travel history, sources familiar with the screening said.

That's when officers discovered he had a fever, according to the sources. He was transported to University Hospital, which has a contract with the Port Authority to take all of Newark Airport's medical cases...

 

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No Indication Fevered Newark Passenger Has Ebola: Christie
By Brian Thompson, Pei-Sze Cheng and Fred Mamoun
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014 ? Updated at 11:45 AM EDT

There is no indication the Liberian national who landed at Newark Liberty Airport on a flight from Brussels has Ebola, officials said Wednesday.

The passenger, who was taken to a hospital to be evaluated after showing signs of a fever, has not shown symptoms consistent with Ebola, Gov. Chris Christie said at a briefing where he signed an executive order to create an Ebola response team to coordinate preparedness in the state...