Travel ban for Texas health care workers in Ebola case
Doug Stanglin
USA TODAY
October 17, 2014
Texas health officials have ordered any person who entered the room of the first Ebola patient at a Dallas hospital not to travel by public transport, including planes ship, buses or trains, or visit groceries, restaurants or theaters for 21 days, until the danger of developing Ebola has passed.
The instructions, issued by the Texas Department of State Health Service late Thursday, cover more than 70 health workers involved in providing care for Thomas Duncan, the Liberian national who became the first patient to test positive for Ebola in the United States.
As officials begin to tighten restrictions, the White House, according to media reports, has selected Ron Klain to be the new “Ebola czar” to coordinate government response to the Ebola crisis, according to media reports. Klain has served as chief of staff to Vice President Biden and former Vice President Al Gore.
Duncan died Oct. 8 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
The hospital workers were ordered to undergo monitoring twice a day, including one face-to-face encounter.
The health department said anyone failing to adhere to the rules “may be subject to a communicable disease control order.” The health workers were asked to sign a written acknowledgement of the directions when they appear for monitoring.
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