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Airport Checks Find Few Ebola Cases

In stepped-up testing.

The U.S. government has cast a wide net looking for passengers infected with Ebola who fly into American airports from West Africa, but the stepped-up testing so far has turned up few suspected cases of the deadly virus. Of 1,249 passengers who have undergone enhanced screening this month at five airports, eight were taken to a medical facility for an evaluation, according to Department of Homeland Security data that the Wall Street Journal looked at. Notwithstanding the small number of cases, many people in the U.S. who don't show symptoms remain under watch in case they develop signs of infection. There were at least 700 people undergoing monitoring such as regular temperature checks across 10 states, including 117 in New York City and 100 in New Jersey.