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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — As international soccer teams and fans descend on MetLife Stadium for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, state and local officials are treating the month-long tournament as a critical safety rehearsal ahead of next year’s FIFA World Cup 2026.
North Jersey hospitals vigilant after Ebola advisory
AUGUST 1, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY COLLEEN DISKIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The U.S. government warned Americans on Thursday not to travel to West African nations in the grip of an Ebola outbreak, while local hospitals and airports were also advised to be on the alert for travelers showing signs of the deadly virus.
But health officials, while stressing the need for providers to exercise vigilance as always, said there’s little reason to believe an Ebola case would walk through the doors of any New Jersey hospitals.
“It’s very low risk right now for the United States,” said Dr. Gary Munk, director of clinical virology at Hackensack University Medical Center, who said medical institutions are nonetheless engaging in a campaign of “information and awareness.”
The state Department of Health this week issued an advisory reminding hospitals and health care providers of the symptoms to watch for and steps to take with a patient who reports having traveled within the last three weeks to Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia.
“We have carefully reviewed the health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and have alerted our entire emergency service team regarding the signs and symptoms,” said Stacie Newton, spokeswoman for University Hospital in Newark. “They are fully prepared to respond to any patients who come to University Hospital and may have symptoms of the disease.”
The CDC, which routinely has officers stationed at international terminals, like the ones at Newark Liberty and John F. Kennedy airports, have been posting updated travel alerts since the disease, which has now killed more than 700 people in the worst recorded outbreak in history, first appeared in March. When outbreaks like this occur in other countries, the CDC works with international organizations to identify sick travelers and, if necessary, restrict them from continuing on their journeys.
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