The Milwaukee Health Department is monitoring three patients for the Ebola virus. All are considered to be a very low risk according to health officials.
The health department in Milwaukee said that it is taking appropriate steps to monitor the situation and will continue working with public health partners as needed.
Previously, both Brazil and Italy ruled out Ebola in suspected cases. There are currently no cases in either country. It appears that the United States will soon be in this same boat, taking safety measures out of an abundance of caution.
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None of these are even being labeled as “suspected” cases at this point, and health officials have clarified that there are currently no suspected Ebola cases in Milwaukee and no public health threat to residents.
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The department noted that it monitored 39 low-risk contacts during the Ebola outbreak between September 2014 and June 2016. None of those individuals were confirmed to have Ebola, according to a report by WKOW27, a local ABC News affiliate.
The health department also said it is following the same response plan used for any communicable disease, including procedures such as regular communication with individuals being monitored and coordination with state and federal public health partners.
There are no cases of Ebola in the United States right now.
The US also has a plan to build an Ebola facility in Kenya. The US now has tents erected as a part of the field hospital at Laikipia Air Base in Laikipia County. The US has created the facility rapidly in spite of protests and a court order blocking its construction.
Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday said his government was doing “the right thing” by allowing the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.