U.S. Airports to Screen Travelers Arriving From Ebola-Stricken Countries

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Airports in the United States will begin scanning body temperatures of travelers who have arrived from Ebola-stricken countries, according to the Associated Press. The screenings could begin as early as this weekend.

Previously, travelers entering the U.S. from areas hit by the recent Ebola outbreak have received a fact sheet about the disease. The White House has resisted calls from some members of Congress to instate a travel ban; more than 3,400 people in West Africa have died in the outbreak.

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Travelers leaving Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are screened as they exit, both by temperature scans and by answering a questionnaire about recent contact with sick individuals. However, Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to fall ill with Ebola while in the U.S., had also gone through such a screening when he left Liberia. Read more...

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