UPDATE | 7 quarantined in Ohio; school closes

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A health official says at least seven people in northeast Ohio are quarantined and being monitored because they had contact with a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola after visiting the area.

The Summit County Public Health medical director says the group includes five people in her county. Two are in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland.

The nurse, 29-year old Amber Joy Vinson, visited family in the Akron area last weekend, then flew from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday.

Vinson had treated the Liberian man who died of the disease in a Dallas hospital. Summit County health officials said Thursday that Vinson was conscientious and limited her movements in Ohio but did visit a retail store.

They say the store was closed Thursday as officials evaluated updated quarantine guidelines.

Meanwhile, a Cleveland-area school district is taking precautions after learning that an employee may have flown on a plane that also had carried a nurse diagnosed with Ebola.

Solon City Schools in suburban Cleveland canceled classes in two buildings Thursday after it learned a staff member might have flown on the Frontier Airlines plane on which Dallas nurse Amber Joy Vinson was a passenger.

WKYC-TV reports the Solon Middle School staff member was not on the same flight but possibly flew on the same plane as Vinson. The district sent an email to parents Wednesday saying the middle school and an elementary would be closed and disinfected.

The district says officials don’t believe the staff member is a risk because she didn’t come in direct contact with Vinson.