CBS News reporter Lara Logan is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel after visiting a hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a ‘‘60 Minutes’’ report.
CBS said Logan’s 21-day self-quarantine ends Friday. Neither Logan nor the four other CBS employees in South Africa have shown any sign of the virus, according to an Associated Press report.
The latest numbers:
Number of cases worldwide in the current outbreak: 13,042 (as of Nov. 5)
Number of deaths: 4,818 (as of Nov. 5)
Countries currently affected by Ebola: Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Spain, and the United States of America.
Countries where the outbreak has ended: Nigeria (Oct. 19), Senegal (Oct. 17)
And here’s your daily reminder not to panic:
The likelihood of contracting Ebola in Massachusetts remains very low, according to the state’s public health officials. You have to be in direct contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids while they are contagious (displaying symptoms of Ebola). Even if someone has been exposed, symptoms may appear in as little as two days, and in as many as 21 days, after exposure. The CDC says the average is 8 to 10 days.
Ebola symptoms:
- Fever (greater than 38.6°C or 101.5°F)
- Severe headache
- Muscle pain
- Weakness
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal (stomach) pain
- Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising)
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