Officials: No known Ebola cases in Ohio

The Ohio Department of Health just announced that the second Dallas health care worker diagnosed with Ebola visited her family in Akron Oct. 8-13.

The department said it was notified Wednesday morning by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control of her visit and is now acting "swiftly" to "identify people who may have been in close contact with the health care worker and implement quarantine as necessary."

"In addition, Ohio is working with the airline to identify individuals on her return flight to Dallas," the department said through a news release.

"As of right now we do not have a case of Ebola in Ohio," said Mary DiOrio, state epidemiologist, in a conference call with the media.

DiOrio could not say exactly where the woman may have visited while she was in Akron. "The investigation is ongoing," she said.

The incubation period between exposure to Ebola and developing symptoms is two to 21 days, she said, with an average of 8 to 10 days.

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