Hazmat teams swoop on the Pentagon in Ebola scare: Entrance sealed off after female lobbyist who'd recently been to Africa vomited in parking lot
- The woman works for Total Spectrum, a lobbying and public relations firm
- The woman was on a Metro bus before transferring to a shuttle bus close to the Pentagon, then got off and vomited
- The Pentagon force protection officers initiated infectious disease protocols - stopping all pedestrian and vehicle traffic
The Pentagon police have shut down a building entrance and a portion of the south parking lot because a woman was sick and told emergency personnel that she had recently been to West Africa, officials said.
The woman, who currently is being quarantined at a hospital in Virginia, said she had been in Liberia two weeks ago.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson said that out of an abundance of caution, all pedestrian and vehicle traffic was stopped across 17 lanes of the huge parking lot, shortly before 10am.
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The Ebola scare was caused by a woman who vomited in the parking lot and said she had recently been to West Africa
A Pentagon police officer directs a woman away from a closed-off Pentagon parking lot where a woman who recently traveled to Africa vomited on Friday
A Pentagon Police officer secures the perimeter to the Pentagon South Parking lot area today after it was closed today out of an
abundance of caution when a woman, who had reportedly traveled to West Africa, vomited in the open air
A building entrance and parking lanes were temporarily closed.
The Pentagon force protection officers initiated infectious disease protocols.
A military official said the woman, who has not been named, works for Total Spectrum, whose website says it is a lobbying and public relations firm.
Managing Director Steve Gordon said the Pentagon had contacted him and he said the woman has not been out of the Washington area.
The official said the woman was on a Metro bus, and transferred to a shuttle bus taking guests to a change of responsibility ceremony for General Joe Dunford, who is taking over as commandant of the Marine Corps.
The driver (left) of a chartered bus that was going from the Pentagon to the Marine Barracks, boards his vehicle on Friday
United States Marine Corps officers Col. Dave Lapan (left) and Lt. Col. Eric Dent (right) leave a cordoned-off police area after an Ebola scare
A chartered bus (right) that was going from the Pentagon to the Marine Barracks, received a police escort on Friday. The bus was at the Pentagon when a woman boarded and later vomited
She got off the shuttle before it left the Pentagon parking lot and then vomited.
The official said it did not immediately appear that she was invited to the ceremony.
Officials notified the FBI and were checking the woman's background and possible travel to West Africa.
What caused the woman to become sick is unclear. Ebola is only transmitted through direct contact with a victim's bodily fluids.
There has been only one case of a person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States after travel to West Africa.
Hundreds of suspicious cases have turned out to be false alarms.
Brian McGraw, with Arlington County Fire, told The Washington Post said that authorities 'have no information or conditions to confirm this is Ebola'.
The Pentagon force protection officers initiated infectious disease protocols - one is pictured disinfecting a colleague's uniform
One of the entrances to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia was closed while the Hazmat team cleared the area after an Ebola scare
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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