Thanksgiving in isolation for returning service members


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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A group of military service members will be spending Thanksgiving in isolation, while the Army monitors their health for signs of Ebola.

The service members are due back this evening at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, after serving in the Ebola response mission in Africa. The group includes 15 service members and a Defense Department civilian who built facilities in Liberia to fight the fatal disease.

A spokeswoman says they were not exposed to Ebola-infected patients. She told The News Tribune the risk is very minimal.

The group has already spent some time in Germany so won't be quarantined for the full 21 days at Lewis-McChord.

According to the spokeswoman, says the base is preparing a Thanksgiving dinner in a dining area within the quarantine zone.

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