Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Ebola Advisory Issued By N.J. Dept. of Health

The state Department of Health issued an advisory to New Jersey health care providers to be wary of Ebola symptoms in people who have traveled to west Africa in the past three weeks, and to report all hemorrhagic fevers immediately to local health departments and to isolate suspected patients.
State officials note, however, that there is little risk of the virus in New Jersey at this time.

But with its close proximity to international airports, some New Jersey residents worry about the possibility that the Ebola virus might make its way across the Atlantic from the western African nations. Since March, 729 people have died from Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization.
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/07/31/ebola-virus-new-jersey/13436641/

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