Wednesday, October 29, 2014

U.S. soldiers isolated for Ebola Screening after Liberia Mission

Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams (left) is among those being isolated
The commander of U.S. Army Africa is among a dozen soldiers who have been placed in isolation over Ebola concerns at a U.S. military base in Italy after wrapping up a mission to Liberia, the Pentagon said Monday.
The soldiers were isolated at the base in Vicenza over the weekend as a precaution although none have shown any symptoms of exposure to the virus that has killed thousands in West Africa, Army Col. Steven Warren said.
A health worker takes the temperature of U.S. Marines 
arriving to take part in Operation United Assistance on Oct. 9 
near Monrovia, Liberia.(Photo: John Moore, Getty Images)
Warren said the soldiers, who were part of Operation United Assistance in West Africa, were being kept at a separate unit at the base for 21 days, the incubation period for Ebola. Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams, commander of U.S. Army Africa, is among those being isolated.
Their isolation is not required by Pentagon guidelines, Warren said.
The Pentagon said Monday evening that the Army Chief of Staff had directed "a 21-day controlled monitoring period'' from Ebola assistance operations in West Africa.
Soldiers will be housed in a separate facility on their base, with no physical contact with family members, the Army said. They will be allowed to visit the gym and have access to TV and Internet, and medical checks will be conducted twice a day.
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