Flag operators are requested to forward this advisory to their ships by the most expeditious means

Original warning text

EBOLA VIRUS.
1. U.S. FLAG OPERATORS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD THIS ADVISORY
   TO THEIR SHIPS BY THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS MEANS.
2. EBOLA IS A DEADLY DISEASE CAUSED BY A VIRAL INFECTION. THE
   CURRENT OUTBREAK IS CENTERED IN GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA
   LEONE AND NIGERIA. EBOLA SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, SEVERE
   HEADACHE, MUSCLE PAIN, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, STOMACH PAIN OR
   UNEXPLAINED BLEEDING OR BRUISING. EBOLA IS SPREAD THROUGH
   DIRECT CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS FROM AN INFECTED
   PERSON WHO CURRENTLY HAS SYMPTOMS, OR BY CONTACT WITH
   CONTAMINATED OBJECTS SUCH AS NEEDLES. EBOLA IS NOT
   AIRBORNE AND CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED BY A PERSON WHO
   IS NOT SYMPTOMATIC.
3. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS ISSUED A MARITIME SAFETY
   INFORMATION BULLETIN ON EBOLA VIRUS PRECAUTIONS,
   WHICH INCLUDES A REMINDER TO VESSEL MASTERS TO REPORT
   SICK OR DECEASED CREW MEMBERS OR PASSENGERS TO THE
   CDC IN ACCORDANCE WITH 42 CFR 71.72. ADDITIONALLY THE
   U.S. COAST GUARD REMINDS OWNERS, OPERATORS, AGENTS,
   MASTERS OR PERSONS IN CHARGE OF THE REQUIREMENT TO
   IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NEAREST U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR
   OFFICE OR GROUP OFFICE OF THE EXISTENCE OF HAZARDOUS
   CONDITIONS ON THEIR VESSELS AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR
   160.215. THE U.S. COAST GUARD CONSIDERS CREWMEMBERS
   INFECTED WITH EBOLA OR DECEASED FROM ILLNESS RELATED
   TO EBOLA A HAZARDOUS CONDITION AS DEFINED BY 33 CFR
   160.204 DEFINITION OF "HAZARDOUS CONDITION". THE
   COAST GUARD WILL CHECK ALL ADVANCE NOTICES OF ARRIVAL
   TO DETERMINE WHETHER A VESSEL HAS VISITED A COUNTRY
   IMPACTED BY THE EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAK WITHIN THE
   PREVIOUS FIVE PORT CALLS. THE BULLETIN IS AVAILABLE
   AT HTTPS:WWW.USCG.MIL/MSIB/DOCS/012_14_8-7-2014.PDF.
4. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDS AVOIDING NON-
   ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA, AND LIBERIA,
   AND RECOMMENDS ENHANCED PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVELING TO NIGERIA
   OR THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. FOR FURTHER
   INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://WWWNC.CDC.GOV/TRAVEL/NOTICES
   AND HTTP://WWW.CDC.GOV/VHF/EBOLA/.
5. THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THIS ADVISORY, 2014-02, AND ALL MARAD 
   ADVISORIES ARE PUBLISHED ON THE MARAD WEB SITE AT
   HTTP://WWW.MARAD.DOT.GOV/NEWS_ROOM_LANDING_PAGE/MARITIME_
   ADVISORIES/ADVISORY_SUMMARY.HTM AND THE MARITIME SAFETY
   INFORMATION WEB SITE: http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/
   MSI.Portal UNDER "BROADCAST WARNINGS", SELECT "MARAD
   ADVISORIES". TO DETERMINE MARAD ADVISORIES THAT REMAIN
   IN FORCE CONSULT THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION WEB SITE
   AT HTTP://WWW.MARAD.DOT.GOV OR THE MOST RECENT
   U.S. NOTICE TO MARINERS.
6. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT CAPTAIN ROBERT FORD,
   MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF SECURITY, 
   CODE: MAR-420, ROOM W25-308, 1200 NEW JERSEY AVE, S.E., 
   WASHINGTON, DC 20590, PHONE: 202 366 0223,
   TLX II: 710 822 9426 (MARAD DOT WSH), 
   E-MAIL: [email protected].