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Key features of rigorous new US Ebola monitoring

This undated handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows a kit that travelers from Ebola-stricken West African nations will be given containing information cards and a thermometer and they will be required to make daily check-ins with state or local health officials to report their status. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the check-ins could be in person, by telephone, Skype or Facetime or through employers — CDC was consulting with the state and local officials to help them work that out. (AP Photo/CDC) This undated handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows a kit that travelers from Ebola-stricken West African nations will be given containing information cards and a thermometer and they will be required to make daily check-ins with state or local health officials to report their status. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the check-ins could be in person, by telephone, Skype or Facetime or through employers — CDC was consulting with the state and local officials to help them work that out. (AP Photo/CDC)

By Associated Press October 22, 2014 2 min read

CHICAGO (AP) – Rigorous monitoring of travelers arriving from Ebola-stricken West African countries is being implemented to keep the virus from spreading in the United States.

Key features announced Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

WHO WILL BE MONITORED?

Starting Monday, all travelers arriving in the United States from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be monitored for 21 days. That includes journalists and CDC workers, too. The expanded screening will start in six states – Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia – destinations for most travelers from West Africa. It will be expanded to include other states.

HOW WILL THEY BE MONITORED?