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Ebola testing station set up in Houston airport


Houston, TX - The Centers for Disease Control is warning travelers to avoid parts of West Africa, because of the Ebola outbreak.

The CDC says more than 700 people have died from Ebola in Nigeria and nearby countries. With Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas supplying a direct flight to and from Nigeria every day, Houston has the largest Nigerian population outside of Nigeria.

West Africa is dealing with the worst Ebola outbreak ever some 1,300 people infected and in the last 4 days alone. Customs agents at Bush International Airport say at this point they are not doing anything out of the ordinary, but routinely keeping an eye out for passengers with outward signs of sickness.

The airport now has a CDC quarantine station, which is prepared to handle infected travelers. The CDC is also advising airline crews to watch for passengers from those West African countries who might have any symptoms of the virus, but, health experts say it can take 21 days for a person to show those symptoms, after they are infected and as many as 90% of victims die.

Experts do not believe Ebola could spread in the US the way it has in West Africa because of our more advanced healthcare system. They also say more people die from from Malaria in one day than have died in this Ebola outbreak.