Officials eyeing additional screening for Ebola in US, vow to protect citizens from disease…(Right…)
USNews.com
Oct. 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of a White House meeting on the Ebola outbreak, federal health officials said Monday the U.S. is weighing whether to institute extra screening at U.S. airports where travelers from Ebola-stricken African nations may be arriving.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said “discussion is underway right now” and “all options are being looked at.” The question, Fauci told CNN, is whether “the extra level of screening is going to be worth the resources you need to put into it.”
“There is clear-cut screening going on in the exit end,” Fauci said, referring to the Ebola-affected countries’ practice of screening outbound passengers before they leave. The current U.S. discussion, he said, centers on “what kind of screening you do on the entry end. That’s something that’s on the table now.”
Dr. Tom Frieden of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said officials are looking at all options “to see what we can do to increase safety of all Americans.” Extra screening might include checking travelers to see if they have a fever, then evaluating them further if they do, he said. He said about 40,000 people had come in to the U.S. from African countries over the past six months, including Americans returning from travels there.
President Barack Obama is scheduled to get an update on Ebola outbreak Monday afternoon from his national security team and other senior officials.
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