Reporter it is going to be up to the cdc personnel to determine if passengers who have fevers or have been exposinged to ebola need to be hospitalized exposed to ebola need to be hospitalized or handed over to the local Health Department here for further monitoring or whether they should be allowed to continue on their way, but the cdc director lab warning there could be a lot of false has been warning there could be a lot of false positives here. A lot of people have fevers and those false positives could end up ruining peoples trips unnecessarily. Back to you. We had a couple of those instances recently. Thank you. We are getting word from dallas a deputy who accompanied crews into the ebola victim thomas eric duncans apartment is showing signs and symptoms of the disease. The patient, Sergeant Michael monne was ordered to go inside with officials to get a quarantine order signed, but nobody that went inside that day wore protective gear. Monning checked himself in claiming to have c
Tomorrow to determine if it is indeed the body of bradley bishop. Well have live reports tomorrow on wusa9. In new york, newark airport, chicago ohare, washington dulles and the airport in atlanta. Dulles International Airport one of five airports in this country that will be putting some passengers through additional screenings to hopefully prevent ebola from spreading. The white house made the announcement today as we learned the man with the first confirmed case in america has died. Thomas eric duncan traveled here from liberia september 20th. He entered the u. S. Through dulles before going to dallas. The white house backed increased screening just about everyone who would travel through ebola stricken areas would pass through one of these five airports. As soon as this weekend at jfk and a little later at the other airports heres what you can expect. Reporter im bruce leshan at dulles. Enhanced screening for ebola slated to begin here next week. Customs officers will lead passenge
Make sure they are ready to handle any other possible ebola cases. The cdc is not taking any chance. Its beginning enhanced ebola screenings at five u. S. Airports including dulles international. Bruce leshan joins us from that airport with that part of the story. What do the travelers have to go through out there, bruce . Reporter a little bit more. The cdc says it could be a hassle and potentially delay people. The enhanced screening is slated to begin next week. Passengers from west africa will be head into a separate room by customs officers. There they will be questioned. Theyll have their temperatures taken and they will be observed for other signs of ebola. Now if they have symptoms or exposure, it will be up to the cdc to decide whether they need to be hospitalized then, turned over to local Health Officials here for more monitoring or allowed to continue traveling. Passengers leaving liberia, guinea and is i area leon are already supposed and sierra leone are already supposed
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