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Ebola Screening Sends 3 Liberians To U.S. Hospitals
Federal authorities examining passengers at gateway airports
WND
NEW YORK – As enhanced screening for the Ebola virus kicked into gear at five gateway U.S. airports, reports began surfacing of passengers being taken to local hospitals for further examination after they exhibited possible symptoms of the disease.
Tuesday night, passengers from Liberia at Dulles in Washington, O’Hare in Chicago and Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey were sent to local hospitals for observation.
A number of international passengers who arrived at Dulles last week also were taken to a hospital.
Meanwhile, the White House’s newly appointed “Ebola czar,” Ron Klain, officially began his work Wednesday. With no health experience, he is tasked with coordinating the government’s multifaceted response to the outbreak, which entered the U.S. last month through a Liberian who traveled by air to Dallas, where he died of the disease Oct. 8.
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that two Liberians, traveling separately, were ordered to Chicago hospitals after they experienced nausea and other symptoms of illness during their flights.
The report followed confirmation from city officials that four Chicago hospitals – Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Lurie Children’s Hospital – had agreed to take Ebola patients from health care providers and other hospitals should any cases develop in the Chicago area.
One of the Liberian passengers was a child who had vomited during the flight.
The child, upon landing, was screened by federal officials at the airport and found to have no other symptoms and no known risk of exposure to Ebola.
Reposted with permission
