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OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — All five American aid workers being monitored in Nebraska for exposure to Ebola have completed their quarantine periods free from symptoms of the deadly virus.
Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson said Tuesday that four of the individuals who were brought to Omaha earlier this month for monitoring have left the area. The fifth, who developed a heart problem Saturday and required CPR, has now been discharged from the hospital and will soon leave Omaha.
The health care workers were exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone when one of their colleagues became ill with the deadly virus. They were staying on the Nebraska Medical Center's campus while in quarantine. Ebola has a 21-day incubation period.
The Omaha hospital treated three patients with Ebola last fall in its specialized biocontainment unit.
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