County's first Ebola watch
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October 22, 2014
Skagit County Public Health is monitoring a person to rule out the possibility of Ebola exposure, public health nurse Amie Tidrington confirmed Tuesday.
Due to patient confidentiality laws, she was unable to provide any other information, such as gender or whereabouts of the person.
However, a letter to first responders from the county’s Department of Emergency Medical Services stated that the person recently returned from Liberia.
Apparently the traveler con-tacted the health department just to let authorities know, even though the person had not been in an area of Liberia affected by the dea...
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