Traveling EBOLA Nurse Visited Kent State U Friends

The second Texas health worker testing positive for Ebola, flew to and from Cleveland, and even spent some quality time with her family in Akron, Ohio, for five full days, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

The Dallas nurse, identified as Amber Joy Vinson, even had time in her busy travel schedule to visit Kent State University.

“As of right now we do not have a case of Ebola in Ohio, but we are going to be working to identify any close contacts that the individual was in contact with in the state,” said Dr. Mary DiOrio, ODH’s state epidemiologist. ODH is working with the Summit County health department right now, but may work with others as well, she said.

Vinson traveled by air from Cleveland to Dallas on a Frontier Airlines flight 1143 on Monday and may have been contagious at the time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the airline.

The CDC is now working to notify passengers on the flight. No word on what is being done for the others whom had close contact with Vinson.

h/t cleveland