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Charlotte missionary group will house aid workers who returned from Liberia Sunday
By Tim Funk and Karen Garloch
tfunk@charlotteobserver.com
August 4, 2014 Updated 18 minutes ago
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The two missionaries, along with their six children, returned to the United States on Sunday, SIM said, and are now living in an RV park on the SIM campus.
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In Liberia, he said, the two adults now in Charlotte were part of SIM’s missionary staff. Asked about their duties and whether they worked at the the SIM-run hospital or Ebola clinic, Johnson said, “When you’re in that situation, it’s ‘what needs to be done.’ They were helping out in whatever way they can. But they’re non-medical personnel.”
To protect their privacy, SIM officials would not release their names or hometowns, but said they are not local. They are from “Kansas or California,” SIM spokesman Palmer Holt said.
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The incubation period for Ebola virus is 21 days, which means it can take that long after exposure for symptoms to appear.
Johnson said that SIM has also been coordinating with Carolinas Medical Center, the North Carolina Division of Public Health and York County public health officials. The SIM campus is near the South Carolina border.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/04/4049932/charlotte-missionary-group-will.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy
tfunk@charlotteobserver.com
August 4, 2014 Updated 18 minutes ago
....
The two missionaries, along with their six children, returned to the United States on Sunday, SIM said, and are now living in an RV park on the SIM campus.
....
In Liberia, he said, the two adults now in Charlotte were part of SIM’s missionary staff. Asked about their duties and whether they worked at the the SIM-run hospital or Ebola clinic, Johnson said, “When you’re in that situation, it’s ‘what needs to be done.’ They were helping out in whatever way they can. But they’re non-medical personnel.”
To protect their privacy, SIM officials would not release their names or hometowns, but said they are not local. They are from “Kansas or California,” SIM spokesman Palmer Holt said.
....
The incubation period for Ebola virus is 21 days, which means it can take that long after exposure for symptoms to appear.
Johnson said that SIM has also been coordinating with Carolinas Medical Center, the North Carolina Division of Public Health and York County public health officials. The SIM campus is near the South Carolina border.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/08/04/4049932/charlotte-missionary-group-will.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy
