U.S. Plans 21-Day Watch of Travelers From Ebola-Hit Nations Federal health officials Wednesday placed new restrictions on travelers from West African countries with Ebola outbreaks, requiring that they report their temperatures daily for three weeks, along with any other potential symptoms of the disease. The regulations, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are meant to monitor everyone at risk of developing Ebola symptoms from an infection acquired overseas, while not shutting the borders and not overwhelming state and local health departments with having to hunt down hundreds of newly arrived visitors. The announcement came amid good news about two nurses who became infected after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who died in Texas on Oct. 8. Family members of one nurse, Amber Joy Vinson, said they had been told that her body was clear of the virus and that she was being moved out of isolation. The other nurse, Nina Pham, had her condition upgraded to good from fair on Tuesday. The new federal rules take effect next Monday. All travelers who have visited Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone will be required to provide home and email addresses, telephone numbers and other contact details for themselves and at least one friend or relative.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:27:31 +0000
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