North Carolina - Individual with "some risk" for Ebola in Charlotte is SIM Missionary

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Individual with "some risk" for Ebola in Charlotte is SIM Missionary

Posted: Nov 08, 2014 9:55 PM CST Updated: Nov 09, 2014 2:59 PM CST
By Sharon Smith

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - ...

Saturday, the County Health Department say they were monitoring someone in Charlotte who recently left one of the West African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. The person is categorized as having "some risk" by factors outlined by the Centers for Disease Control. This means the person had close contact in households, healthcare facilities, or community settings with an infected person.

SIM says it is withholding the identity of the missionary at this time for reasons of privacy.
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The Mecklenburg County Health Department says the person arrived in the area through private ground transportation, not through Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.
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http://www.wbtv.com/story/27335476/individual-with-some-risk-for-ebola-arriving-in-charlotte

 

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Doctor with 'some risk' of Ebola being monitored in Charlotte

WCNC Staff, WCNC.com 1:11 p.m. EST November 10, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mecklenburg County health officials said a doctor with SIM is be monitoring in Charlotte for 'possible risk' of Ebola.

Officials identified the Ebola victim as, Dr. John Fankhauser, he works for SIM. Frankhauser is under surveillance but has shown no symptoms of Ebola, according to health officials.

Fankhauser is living in an RV at SIM headqaurters while under quarantine, where there is three-feet of separation from him, doctors and relatives as precaution, officials said.

Officials said Fankhauser treated a patient who later developed Ebola.
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http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/local/2014/11/08/ebola-traveler-being-monitored/18748201/

 

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Missionary quarantined in Charlotte connected to three other Ebola cases

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Updated: Nov 10, 2014 11:29 AM EST A missionary quarantined in Charlotte since Saturday has connections to the first three cases of Ebola to be treated in the United States. International Christian mission agency, SIM USA, identified the missionary as Dr. John Fankhauser, who has been classified as "some risk"for Ebola infection.
Fankhauser returned from West Africa where officials say he was not treating Ebola patients at one of the separate Ebola treatment centers located on the campus of SIM's ELWA hospital outside of Monrovia.
However, he did treat a patient in the hospital who later was diagnosed with the disease. Fankhauser was wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) at the time, so he had no direct skin contact with the patient.
According to Mecklenburg County Health Department officials, Fankhauser is healthy and shows no signs of Ebola. Following established guidelines, the health department issued a quarantine order for Fankhauser to follow.
Fankhauser also helped treat the first Americans who contracted Ebola in Liberia and returned to the US, SIM missionary Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly of Samaritan's Purse. The two were later evacuated to Emory University Hospital in Atlan..:tiphat:http://www.wncn.com/story/27335476/individual-with-some-risk-for-ebola-arriving-in-charlotte