As Ebola Fears Spread, Ohio and Texas Close Some Schools
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
NYTimes.com
OCT. 16, 2014
DALLAS — An Ebola-infected nurse’s air travel between Dallas and Cleveland has sent ripples of concern through at least two states, leading to school closings and voluntary isolations.
Schools in Texas and Ohio were closed on Thursday after officials learned that students and an adult had either been on the flight with the nurse, Amber Joy Vinson, or had contact with her while she was visiting the Akron area. And health care workers in Dallas were being asked to voluntarily restrict their movements.
Both Ms. Vinson and another nurse who contracted Ebola, Nina Pham, were part of the medical team that treated an Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Ms. Vinson traveled from Cleveland to Dallas the day before she showed symptoms of the disease.
In response to the concerns about Ms. Vinson’s air travel, the more than 70 health care workers at the hospital who are being monitored for Ebola symptoms are being asked by Dallas County officials to avoid public places and stay away from public transportation during the 21-day incubation period of the virus. State and county officials are asking the workers to sign written agreements and agree to the restrictions, which appear to effectively limit their movements to staying at home.
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