A patient that was being treated for Ebola symptoms at an Oklahoma City hospital is not sick with the deadly disease, KFor reported on Friday.
The patient was being treated at the Deaconess Hospital after she arrived Thursday night. The patient's landlord was reportedly in West Africa recently, but not in any of the three infected countries, according to Fox 25.
Though it turned out not to be a case of Ebola, a hospital spokesperson said health care professionals were acting with caution after recent outbreaks in the United States. They have been and will continue to follow the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines. Her symptoms mimicked those of Ebola, but she was not placed in isolation.
The heightened caution comes at the same time as airports are set to screen all incoming Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia travelers for the disease. New York City's Kennedy Airport will be the first to evaluate flyers with thermometers and questionnaires on Saturday. Over the next week, efforts to identify infected flyers will spread to Newark Liberty, Chicago O'Hare, Washington - Dulles and Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta, according to CBS Houston.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health said on Friday that state residents do not need to worry about an outbreak. They said Ebola in the state is very unlikely to be seen. If it does, protocols are in place to keep people safe and healthy, KFor reported.
