Ebola response team to train in San Antonio

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Specialized training for the U.S. military's newly formed Ebola response team will take place in San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, according to a news release issued Sunday by the Pentagon.

The release states that the team will consist of 20 critical care nurses and five doctors all trained for infectious disease environments. Five trainers in infectious disease protocols are also part of the new team.

The group will be at Fort Sam for up to seven days where they will drill in infection control and receive instruction on special personal protective equipment.

The training will be conducted by personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.

The release says the team will spend up to one week training, but did not specify if the team would remain at Fort Sam during a 30-day deployment phase where they will be on standby to respond to any Ebola threat within the contiguous United States.