{"id":33143,"date":"2024-10-08T03:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33143"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:21:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T02:21:57","slug":"cdc-to-begin-testing-travelers-from-rwanda-for-ebola-like-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33143","title":{"rendered":"CDC to begin testing travelers from Rwanda for Ebola-like illness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. health officials are preparing to screen passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/smart-facts\/what-ebola-what-know-about-symptoms-vaccine-outbreaks-n867561\">severe infection similar to Ebola<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStarting mid-October, airline passengers who have been in Rwanda in the last 21 days will have their travel to the United States rerouted\u201d to one of three airports: Chicago O\u2019Hare, JFK in New York and Washington Dulles in suburban Virginia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">According to the statement, the passengers landing at one of those airports will need to meet with CDC staffers for temperature checks and assessments of any other visible symptoms, such as sore throat, vomiting or rashes that often appear on the torso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">People infected by the virus can start showing symptoms two to 21 days after their exposure,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/marburg\/about\/index.html\">according to the CDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The screenings are set to begin the week of Oct. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Marburg is a virus that causes hemorrhagic fevers and internal bleeding, much like Ebola. Like Ebola, it spreads through contact with bodily fluids, including blood and semen. There is no treatment or vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">No Marburg cases have been detected in the U.S. As of Sunday, Rwandan health officials had reported 49 cases, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2024\/10\/07\/fact-sheet-hhs-actions-to-support-response-marburg-outbreak-in-rwanda.html\">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At least 12, nearly a quarter, have died. The death rate can be as high as 88%, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/marburg-virus-disease\">World Health Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Nineteen cases have been among health care workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The CDC began&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/cdc-tells-doctors-look-out-for-marburg-virus-rcna78532\">alerting U.S. doctors about Marburg last year<\/a>. The risk to the public, it said, is low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Also Monday, the CDC issued what\u2019s known as a<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\/level2\/marburg-rwanda\">\u2002level 3 travel health notice<\/a>, warning people against unnecessary travel to Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The advisory suggested that anyone who must travel to the outbreak area watch for symptoms for 21 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a href=\"#cdc_disease_basics_causes_risk_spread-how-it-spreads:~:text=Fevers (VHFs) | CDC-,Signs and symptoms,-Initial Marburg disease\">If you develop<\/a>&nbsp;fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, rash, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or unexplained bleeding or bruising,\u201d the advisory said, \u201cisolate&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;and seek medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/cdc-marburg-virus-testing-travelers-rwanda-rcna174399\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. health officials are preparing to screen passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, a&nbsp;severe infection similar to Ebola. \u201cStarting mid-October, airline passengers who have been in Rwanda in the last 21 days will have their travel to the United States rerouted\u201d to one of three airports: Chicago O\u2019Hare, JFK in New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[1664,4502,30727,9519,25263,24995],"class_list":["post-33143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-cdc","tag-infection","tag-marburg-virus","tag-passengers","tag-rwanda","tag-screening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33145,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33143\/revisions\/33145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}