Passengers Arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson From Ebola Outbreak Zone Must Track Their Temperatures for Three Weeks

Any person who arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport who is flying in from a country affected by the west African Ebola epidemic will be required to monitor their temperatures for three weeks upon entering the country, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

The measures, which go into effect Monday at airports in Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, will mandate that any air passenger who arrives from Sierra Leone, Guinea, or Liberia must be given a thermometer and a log to document their temperature for a 21-day period. The maximum incubation for the Ebola virus inside humans is 21 days.

Health officials in each state will be allowed dictate how the reporting happens, the AJC says. The new arrivals can either take their own temperatures and self-report to health officials, or they can be ordered to visit a health worker to have their temperature taken.

The passengers will also be required to provide contact information to health officials, the AJC says.