BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) – The Department of Health and hospitals confirms that a Louisiana State University staff member is under a 21-day quarantine after returning to Baton Rouge on October 14th from a mission to train Liberian police to avoid contracting the Ebola virus.
Jason Krause is an associate director at LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research and Training.
He was in Liberia for three weeks as a part of a U.S. team that was instructing police officers on how to stop the spread of the deadly disease.
The Department of Health and hospitals released the following statement regarding Krause’s return:
“The DHH staff has interviewed him. He did not have contact with any individuals infected with Ebola and nor is he risk for Ebola. In talking with him, we confirmed that he understands the signs and symptoms, and knows what to watch for. Our staff will be doing incremental symptom checks with him out of an abundance of caution.”
DHH officials went on to say that Krause poses no public health risk and is voluntarily in quarantine as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
