Preparations Quietly Made to Screen for Ebola at US Airports

Preparations Quietly Made to Screen for Ebola at US Airports
A Transportation Security Administration worker screens passengers and airport employees at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 07, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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The U.S. federal government continues to quietly put out a call for Ebola screeners at airports including Dulles International Airport in the Washington area, as migrants from an Ebola-afflicted region in Africa settle in the United States.

The job “EMT, Ebola Airport Screener” has a very straightforward job description: “To screen passengers that have traveled back from Ebola-affected nations. This will include checking vital signs, temperature and having passengers fill out questionnaires. This will include tracking and reporting all recovered results.”