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Union County reports monitoring 30 travelers for Ebola risk; eight local cyclosporiasis cases this year
Summary
Public‑health staff told the Human Services Board that since May 2026 the county monitored 30 travelers with potential Ebola exposure, with no cases or local transmission; staff also reported eight local cyclosporiasis cases (no hospitalizations) and cited statewide totals of 867 cases and 33 hospitalizations.
Ashley Burts told the board that Union County has monitored 30 travelers since May 2026 who had been in higher‑risk areas; all were asked to self‑monitor at home under public‑health guidance and there have been no cases, hospitalizations or local transmission. "Since May 2026, Union County's monitored 30 travelers, and that's just because they were in an area that was high risk... They all self monitored at home with some guidance from public health, and there have been no cases, no hospitalizations, no local transmission. Our current local risk level is very low," Burts said.
Burts also briefed the board on cyclosporiasis, saying the county has had eight cases this year with no hospitalizations. She contrasted those local figures with North Carolina totals: "In North Carolina, there have been 867 cases and 33 hospitalizations," she said, and reiterated that local risk remains very low.
