CBS reported Monday that U.S. soldiers returning from Liberia are being placed in isolation in Italy to be monitored for Ebola symptoms.
According to CBS:Â
The soldiers being monitored include Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams who was the commander of the U.S. Army in Africa but turned over duties to the 101st Airborne Division over the weekend, Martin reports. There are currently 11 soldiers in isolation.
They apparently were met by Carabinieri in full hazmat suits. If the policy remains in effect, everyone returning from Liberia – several hundred – will be placed in isolation for 21 days. Thirty are expected in today, Martin reports.
A Pentagon spokesman calls it “enhanced monitoring.” The soldiers are confined to a building and unable to see their families, Martin reports. The decision made by the Army and applies only to soldiers returning from Liberia. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will decide whether to make isolation apply to members of all services returning from Liberia.
The news comes on the same day it was announced that quarantined Ebola health care worker Kaci Hickox will be released from New Jersey isolation. The White House put pressure on the state’s governor and mayor to let the woman go and Hickox threatened to sue if she were not allowed to leave.
From @CBSDavidMartin: US soldiers returning from Liberia being placed in isolation in Vicenza, Italy. Includes Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 27, 2014
@markknoller @CBSDavidMartin But… that’s “inhumane treatment” according to #KaciHickox!!!
— PATRIOT V (@Chair_for_0ne) October 27, 2014
@markknoller RT: @VRWCTexan WHAT…? Just yesterday Obama called emergency WH meeting to slam 21-day quarantines by Christie and Cuomo?
— Sophie Ro (@SophieRo3) October 27, 2014
So a #confused Obama orders a Nurse out of quarantine in NJ, whilst ordering US military Quarantined in Italy @markknoller @CBSDavidMartin
— David Jack Smith (@davidjacksmith) October 27, 2014
@markknoller @CBSDavidMartin So, soldiers yes, dr.s/nurses no….got it.
— Tracy Moon (@TracyMoon10) October 27, 2014
@markknoller @CBSDavidMartin I thought the admin said soldiers would have no direct contact with ebola patients? Continue to say so.
— KinCali (@KinCali1) October 27, 2014
@markknoller @CBSDavidMartin If no direct exposure, why the quarantine? Ebola is “not that easy to catch” according to admin/CDC
— KinCali (@KinCali1) October 27, 2014
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