Possible Ebola patient in New York, and now in California too. There are two people being monitored in Sacramento who recently traveled to west Africa. As of yet, these two individuals haven’t shown any Ebola like symptoms, but they were in the heart of EbolaLand, and where never quarantined by Obama”s CDC. So they need to be watched.
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Sacramento County, health officials are monitoring two people who recently traveled to West Africa, where the Ebola outbreak is centered, but officials said neither person is showing symptoms and neither has been hospitalized.
“Our directive to all of the hospitals is that they need to be prepared to take care of an Ebola patient at least for a minimum of two days because that’s about how long it would take for us to get a definitive diagnosis,” said Dr. Olivia Kasirye, Sacramento County’s health officer.
Only then would health officials decide whether the patient would be transferred, and where, Kasirye said.
Although there are no suspected cases of Ebola in California, public anxiety over the illness has been high since two nurses in Dallas contracted the virus after treating a patient.
The CDPH has launched a new Ebola hotline to answer questions from worried reside