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Does Ebola require quarantine?
Asymptomatic people with high-risk exposures to Ebola virus (see Box 2) should remain in quarantine until 21 days after their last high-risk exposure. Quarantine or isolation may be voluntary or under public health orders, at the discretion of the health department of jurisdiction.
Did the US quarantine for Ebola?
At a joint news conference on October 24, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced that they were imposing a mandatory 21-day quarantine on all air travelers returning to New York and New Jersey from West Africa who have had contact with Ebola patients.
How can you prevent from getting Ebola?
The following precautions can help prevent infection and spread of Ebola virus and Marburg virus.
- Avoid areas of known outbreaks.
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Avoid bush meat.
- Avoid contact with infected people.
- Follow infection-control procedures.
- Don’t handle remains.
What should you do if you have Ebola?
These are referred to as supportive care, and include:
- Providing fluids and electrolytes (body salts) orally or through infusion into the vein (intravenously).
- Using medication to support blood pressure, reduce vomiting and diarrhea, and to manage fever and pain.
- Treating other infections, if they occur.
Can you travel with Ebola?
Spread of Ebola on a plane or in an airport is NOT likely. However, CDC is being extra careful to ensure your safety. Most sick people on planes do not have Ebola, even if they are traveling from a country where Ebola is spreading.
How can the Ebola virus be transmitted?
Blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, amniotic fluid, and semen) of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola virus disease (EVD). Objects (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment) contaminated with body fluids from a person who is sick with or has died from EVD.
Is there Ebola in the US?
4 Patients diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. 11 U.S. Patients with Ebola treated in the U.S.
Why is Ebola not as contagious?
No, the virus that causes Ebola is not transmitted through the air. Unlike a cold or the flu, the Ebola virus is not spread by tiny droplets that remain in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes.
How is Ebola transferred?
Ebola is spread by direct contact with blood or other body fluids (such as: vomit, diarrhea, urine, breast milk, sweat, semen) of an infected person who has symptoms of Ebola or who has recently died from Ebola.
Can Ebola be transmitted through the air?
Ebola virus disease is not an airborne infection. Airborne spread among humans implies inhalation of an infectious dose of virus from a suspended cloud of small dried droplets.
When does Ebola become contagious?
The incubation period for Ebola varies from about two to 21 days. People are not contagious for the disease until the first symptoms appear (sudden onset of fatigue, fever, muscle pain, headache, and/or sore throat).
How can Ebola be spread?
How is Ebola spread? Ebola is spread by direct contact with blood or other body fluids (such as: vomit, diarrhea, urine, breast milk, sweat, semen) of an infected person who has symptoms of Ebola or who has recently died from Ebola.