A new case of Ebola may have just touched down in New Jersey.
A woman traveling from Sierra Leone on a connecting flight from
Brussels is currently being tested at a New Jersey hospital to see if
she has the potentially deadly virus.
Officials said the passenger “was vomiting and had a high fever,” according to a law enforcement source.
Medical specialists immediately boarded the plane once it landed at 2
p.m. Monday and “placed her in a full ‘bio-suit’” before transporting
her to Hackensack University Medical Center.
One passenger aboard the flight tweeted photos of the hazmat crew
boarding the plane. All 248 passengers and 14 crew members later had to
fill out health forms before disembarking the plane.
The female passenger connected to the Newark-bound United Airlines flight in Brussels.
The Department of Homeland Security tightened travel restrictions from Ebola-stricken countries in Oct. 2014, only allowing flights coming from West Africa to land at five U.S. airports including JFK and Newark.
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