Health officials are monitoring 44 Ohioans who may have had exposure to Ebola after returning from areas of Africa with active outbreaks. In a five-page statement explaining Tuesday why he vetoed Senate Bill 22, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said it is believed that all of those individuals are at a "very low risk" of having contracted the deadly virus. The World Health Organization has confirmed the first confirmed cases of Ebola since the outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 that killed more than 11,000 people. On Feb. 14, WHO declared an Ebola outbreak in Guinea after three fatal Ebola cases were confirmed in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture. In accordance with public health measures, travelers returning to the U.S. from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being asked to go through certain airports and share information with health departments help control the outbreak.

Health officials are monitoring 44 Ohioans who may have had exposure to Ebola after returning from areas of Africa with active outbreaks.&nbsp;In&nbsp;a five-page statement&nbsp;explaining Tuesday why he&nbsp;vetoed Senate Bill 22, Ohio&nbsp;Governor Mike DeWine&nbsp;said it is believed that all of those individuals are at a "very low risk" of having contracted the deadly virus. The World Health Organization has confirmed the first confirmed cases of Ebola since the outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 that killed more than 11,000 people.&nbsp;On Feb. 14, WHO&nbsp;declared an Ebola outbreak in Guinea after three fatal Ebola cases were confirmed in the rural community of Gou&eacute;k&eacute; in N&rsquo;Zerekore prefecture. In accordance with public health measures, travelers returning to the U.S. from Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being&nbsp;asked to go through certain airports and share information with health departments help control the outbreak.

News Briefs from the Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Ohio

News Briefs from the Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Ohio

Columbus News Briefs - Columbus Dispatch

News Briefs from the Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Ohio.

News Briefs from the Columbus Dispatch - Columbus Ohio.

Columbus- Ohio health officials monitoring more than 40 residents for exposure to Ebola in Africa