U.S. soldiers returning from Liberia are being placed in isolation in Vicenza, Italy out of concern for the Ebola virus, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
The soldiers being monitored include Maj. Gen. Darryl Williams who was the commander of the U.S. Army in Africa but turned over duties to the 101st Airborne Division this weekend. There are currently 11 soldiers in isolation.
They were met by Carabinieri in full hazmat suits. If the policy remains in effect, everyone returning from Liberia, several hundred, will be placed in isolation for 21 days. Thirty are expected in today.
About 600 U.S. service members are now in Liberia
A Pentagon spokesman calls it "enhanced monitoring." The soldiers are confined to a building and unable to see their families. The decision made by the Army and applies only to soldiers returning from Liberia. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will decide whether to make isolation apply to members of all services returning from Liberia.
Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, assumed command in Liberia on Saturday of the growing contingent of U.S. forces in Liberia.
Also, a 25-bed hospital in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, should be fully operational in the first week of November. American doctors and nurses will care for infected health care workers there. The U.S. also will set up Ebola testing labs.
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