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Dallas County Monitoring 2 Health Care Workers For Ebola

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Two Dallas County healthcare workers are being monitored for Ebola, after recently returning from Sierra Leone, one of three West African countries battling an Ebola epidemic.

The health care workers, both residents of Dallas County, are not showing any Ebola symptoms, and will be monitored for the next 21 days by Dallas County Health and Human Services.

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The workers have been told to avoid large crowds and to stay away from public transportation.  They will also be banned from working with any patients until December 1, the end of the 21-day monitoring period.

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