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Kansas Emergency Response Officials Review Ebola Plan

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Officials from northeast Kansas met on Tuesday to review response plans for a possible outbreak of the Ebola virus.

More than 50 people from local governments, health agencies and law enforcement gathered for the exercise. Shawnee County Emergency Management Director Dusty Nichols says they have plans in place, and these types of agency reviews help them determine if the plans will work.

“A lot of times we need to sit down and make sure that our expectations form another agency are going to be met, the types of resources that we’re going to need and the types of training and education that might have to go out there,” Nichols says.

Nichols says they’ve had plans in place for responding to Ebola since an outbreak began in 2014. He says the Ebola plans will also be beneficial for fighting outbreaks of other diseases.

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Stephen Koranda is the managing editor of the Kansas News Service, based at KCUR. He has nearly 20 years of experience in public media as a reporter and editor.