Officials closely monitoring 16 Ohio contacts of Ebola-infected nurse


  • World
  • Saturday, 18 Oct 2014

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Health officials are monitoring 16 people in Ohio - one of them under quarantine - who had close contact with Ebola-infected Texas nurse Amber Joy Vinson during her weekend trip to that state before she was diagnosed, a state health official said on Friday.

"They are all currently healthy and showing no signs of illness," Dr. Mary DiOrio, epidemiologist for the Ohio Department of Health, told a news conference.

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