CLEVELAND, Ohio — Amber Joy Vinson called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report a slight temperature and told the agency she was about to travel on a plane, according to report from CNN.

CBS News is reporting Vinson called the agency several times before flying.

Despite running a fever of 99.5 degrees, Vinson was not told she could not board the plane back to Dallas, an unidentified federal official tells CNN.

The 99.5-degree fever is below the threshold of 100.4 that airport screeners are using to evaluate incoming travelers from West Africa, according to CNN.

Earlier Wednesday, Thomas Friedman,

the director of the

, said Vinson should not have boarded a commercial flight.

"She should not have been on that plane," Frieden said.

Nurses from the Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth were on a flight with Vinson from Dallas to Cleveland last week. They have been placed on paid leave while their health is monitored for possible symptoms.

While in Cleveland, the CDC said she was contacted by health officials and told that her health would need to be more closely monitored for Ebola, according to the Associated Press.

CNN reports it's unclear whether anyone was responsible for making sure Vinson didn't get on the flight.