UPDATED: Officials Say No Ebola at San Diego College

Update 12:10 p.m.:

Southwestern College school officials are using social media to assure students and the public that they do not believe the student’s case is Ebola related.

What’s more, they say, the County Department of Health will not respond to the location.

County health officials tell Patch protocol calls for them to wait for blood samples, as they don’t go out to the scene for reports of infectious diseases.

Here’s the statement from the college, issued via Facebook at 12:08 p.m.:

UPDATE:

NO EBOLA ON SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS

A student and her family had been traveling to the Midwest last week.

Upon their return, the sister exhibited flu like symptoms and has been hospitalized.

The student is NOT exhibiting ANY flu like symptoms.

The student contacted the instructor to inform the instructor why the student had not been in class.

In an abundance of caution by some staff members, the 470 building was cordoned off.

Our campus nurse has thoroughly examined the student and there IS NO EXPECTATION OF EBOLA.

An earlier communication saying that the County Department of Health was on their way was incorrect.

Original story as follows:

San Diego County health officials are en route to Southwestern College in Chula Vista, where officials say a “student whose family member reported flu-like symptoms and was hospitalized.”

A section of the campus has been cordoned off.

The school’s newspaper, The Sun, reports that the student may have come into contact with someone who was on the same flight as a nurse who traveled by air the day before she was hospitalized for Ebola.

“This student told their teacher that they had a fever and that they were exposed to the Ebola virus because they were on that same plane,” she said.

NBC San Diego reports that at least one building has been shut down, and posted the below video from the scene.

Southwestern College posted this message on Facebook Thursday morning:

A precaution has been taken regarding a student whose family member reported flu-like symptoms and was hospitalized. The Campus Police have cordoned off the 470 area. The County Department of Health has been called and is in transit to assess the situation.

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