Quarantine Stations Set Up at US Airports

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Quarantine Stations Set Up at US Airports

Fri, 2014-08-01 23:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

At LAX and other U.S. airports, CDC quarantine officers are on alert, looking for infected passengers.

abc7.com - by Robert Holguin - August 1, 2014

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue an advisory against non-essential travel to the region.

At Los Angeles International Airport and other U.S. airports, CDC quarantine officers are on alert, looking for infected passengers. . .

. . . The CDC operates quarantine stations at airports across the U.S., including at Los Angeles International Airport, to respond to reports of illness or death.

Officers are trained to spot symptoms of Ebola, and anyone who departs from a flight from an affected country and appears to have symptoms would be tested. If they test positive, they would be rushed to a hospital and quarantined.

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