3 Hospitals Designated For Md. Ebola Patients

ANNAPOLIS. Md. (WJZ) — A number of new developments in the ongoing concerns over Ebola.

Rochelle Ritchie has details on three area hospitals designated for treatment.

Those hospitals are Johns Hopkins Hospital, the University of Maryland Medical Center and MedStar Washington Medical Center in D.C. All three have been designated as a second option to treat Ebola patients. This comes just hours after the CDC ordered Maryland health officials to screen travelers from three West Africa before they come into the state.

The threat of Ebola continues to put Maryland hospitals on high alert. Now they are becoming part of the national effort to fight the deadly virus.

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