BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana State University says an employee who trained Liberian police to use protective clothing has been asked to stay off campus for three weeks. That's the time within which Ebola virus symptoms could show up.
The Department of Health and Hospitals says it's calling him twice daily for random temperature checks. Spokeswoman Olivia Watkins says the man knows the virus' signs and symptoms and is not at risk because he did not have contact with any infected people.
Jim Fernandez is executive director of LSU's Stevenson National Center for Security Research and Training. He says the man was among five workers who returned Tuesday from classroom sessions in Liberia.
He says the others live in other states.
Watkins says nobody in Louisiana has been diagnosed with Ebola.
