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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/links/ebolaprecautions.html.

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.

Traveling to West Africa

CDC has issued a Warning, Level 3 travel notice for United States citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. CDC has also issued an Alert, Level 2 travel notice for travelers to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, urging them to protect themselves by avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are sick with Ebola.

The State University of New York (SUNY) has directed all campuses to prohibit campus-sponsored travel to countries where the CDC has issued a travel warning. Thus, Stony Brook University prohibits campus-sponsored travel to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

All students, faculty, and staff planning to travel to any West African country are reminded to follow the University International Travel Policy, obtain the appropriate approvals, and complete and submit the required forms.  Please go to http://globalaffairs.cc.stonybrook.edu/ITP/international_travel_policy.html

CDC recommends that if you must travel (for example, to do for humanitarian aid work in response to the outbreak) protect yourself by following CDC’s advice for avoiding contact with the blood and body fluids of people who are ill with Ebola.

For more information about the travel alerts, and how to protect yourself, see Travelers’ Health Ebola web page at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices