Seattle nurse who treated Africa Ebola patients monitored for symptoms
King5.com
October 22, 2014
A Seattle-area nurse is being monitored for symptoms after treating Ebola patients in West Africa.
The King County Health Department late Wednesday said she is able to come and go and that she just needs to take her temperature two times per day.
The health department says there is no public health risk.
This is just a precaution, but it shows how seriously things are being taken in light of the deadly virus outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new program to monitor the health of anyone returning to the USA from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. The program will begin Monday in six states, then expand nationwide, said Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said Wednesday.
Passengers will be monitored for 21 days, the incubation period for Ebola.
The program goes beyond the screening at airports that passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries have been getting since Oct. 11. It will begin Monday in the six states where 70% of travelers from Ebola-affected countries arrive: New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey, Frieden said. Other states will follow soon after.
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