Arriving from West Africa

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel originates in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea. If you recently traveled to West Africa you should monitor your health for 21 days.

Take your temperature every morning and evening.

• If your temperature is above 100.4°F (38.0°C) and you have any other Ebola symptoms, such as headache, joint and muscle aches, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, lack of appetite, or abnormal bleeding, seek medical care immediately.
• Call your healthcare provider or emergency response agency immediately. If you are on campus and develop symptoms, isolate yourself and call the University Police Department (dial 333 from a campus phone; or  (631) 632-3333 from a non-campus phone).
• Tell emergency responders and medical personnel about your recent travel and your symptoms before you go to the doctor's office or hospital. Advance notice will help the doctor care for you and protect other people who may be in the doctor's office or hospital.
• Limit your contact with other people when you travel to the doctor; avoid public transportation.

Any student who has recently traveled to West Africa or had a potential exposure by direct contact with the body fluids of symptomatic infected persons or animals, or objects that have been contaminated should contact the Student Health Service, (631) 632-6740, and monitor their health for symptoms of infection over the next 21 days. For more information, please visit http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/shs/ebolaprecautions.shtml.

Faculty or staff who have recently traveled to West Africa or had a potential exposure should advise their department head and continue to monitor their health as described above.

For more information about recent travel to West Africa, please visit http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/ebola-inbound-infographic.