CLEVELAND, Ohio – From classrooms to casinos, folks in northeast Ohio are taking an Ebola scare seriously.
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Solon City Schools in suburban Cleveland canceled classes in two buildings Thursday after it learned a staff member might have flown on the Frontier Airlines plane on which Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson was a passenger.
WKYC-TV reports the Solon Middle School staff member was not on the same flight but possibly flew on the same plane. The district sent an email to parents Wednesday saying the middle school and an elementary would be closed and disinfected.
The district says officials don’t believe the staff member is a risk because she didn’t come in direct contact with Vinson.
Meanwhile, police say they arrested a man at a Cleveland casino who made a comment about his wife having Ebola.
The 60-year-old man was arrested at his home Wednesday and charged with inducing panic after making the comment at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland.
The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports that the man, who wasn’t named, said his wife was a nurse and had just returned from West Africa infected with Ebola. Police said he made the comment after losing money at a gaming table.
The table where the man was playing was shut down as a precaution. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ohio Casino Control and Cleveland police were notified, according to the casino.
Police were quickly able to determine his story wasn’t true.