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Delaware Public Universities Take Precautions during Ebola Outbreak

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Delaware’s two public universities are making arrangements for any potential outbreak of Ebola.

The University of Delaware has asked its 13 Nigerian students to take their temperatures twice a day for the first 21 days of school.

Dr. Tim, Dowling, the university’s director of student health services, told the Wilmington News Journal that none of the student has shown any symptoms.

Meanwhile, Delaware State University has also been monitoring students from West Africa since they returned for the fall semester.

In Dover there are 10 students from the West African countries of Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria.

But university officials say that none of them has returned home in the last three years.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.