`CBS/APOctober 27, 2014, 7:11 PM

CDC issues updated guidelines for high-risk Ebola cases


NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are recommending that people who are at highest risk for coming down with Ebola avoid commercial travel or attending large public gatherings, even if they have no symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the updated advice to state and local officials on Monday.

`The CDC guidance comes after the governors of New York and New Jersey announced mandatory quarantines for medical workers returning from three West African countries plagued by the worst Ebola outbreak in world history. Illinois and Maryland have announced quarantines for health workers at high risk for getting the disease, including anyone who's touched an Ebola patient's body fluids without protective gear.

`CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook said Monday's new CDC guidelines defines "high risk" as someone who has known exposure to the virus. For example, a family member who cared for someone with Ebola, or someone with a needle stick from an infected patient.

If that patient has no symptoms, the CDC recommends daily monitoring by a health official for 21 days and restrictions that prohibit travel by airplane, ship, or long-distance bus or train, said LaPook.`


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`Gone is the Obama admin talk of "zero" risk and perfectly safe on a bus with a Ebola victim. Now, they don't want those simply at high risk to be on a bus......Bottom line they don't have a Effing clue`