During this back-to-school season students studying abroad in the U.S. from West Africa will be subject to extra health checks due to the recent Ebola outbreak.
Thousands of students are coming to America to study this fall from the West African countries with the highest reports of Ebola outbreaks. U.S. authorities are using these preventative actions to avoid the outbreak spreading to America, reports The Associated Press.
"I can see why there would be concern; there's no vaccine for it," said Fatima Nor, an 18-year-old freshman at the University at Buffalo, tells AP. "As long as everyone keeps their personal space, it should be OK," said Nor, of Buffalo.
There are about 25 Nigerian students at the University at Buffalo, according to AP reports. As of yesterday, the World Health Organization confirmed 13 cases of Ebola and five deaths in Nigeria.
Though the risk of the virus spreading to America is small, during the yearly immunizations for several universities, a voluntary temperature check and discussion about the disease will take place, reports The Washington Post.
At the University of Akron in Ohio, administrators are asking students to take their temperatures for 21 days, according to WP, which is the average amount of time it takes for the Ebola virus' symptoms to show.
