Rhode Island Launches 21-Day Ebola Monitoring for Travelers From 3 Countries

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Rhode Island health officials began a 21-day symptom-monitoring program for travelers who were in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan before arriving in the US.
Four US airports — Washington-Dulles, Atlanta, Houston and JFK — are now routing those travelers through public-health screening before they continue to Rhode Island or other destinations.
Sick passengers will be sent to a hospital, while others must self-monitor and report symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, severe weakness and abdominal pain to the state health department.
RIDOH said the system is part of a CDC-state effort to block Ebola transmission and that no US cases tied to the outbreak have been confirmed; Rhode Island said the public risk remains very low.

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