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October 25, 2014
NY And NJ Say Health Workers Traveling From Ebola-Affected Countries To Face Quarantine For 21 Days
NY And NJ Say Health Workers Traveling From Ebola-Affected Countries To Face Quarantine For 21 Days
New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back infected, officials said on Friday.
The steps announced by the two states, which go beyond the current restrictions being imposed by President Barack Obama’s administration on travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea, came as medical detectives tried to retrace the steps in New York City of Dr. Craig Spencer, who tested positive for Ebola on Thursday.
The new policy applies to medical workers returning from the region through John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. In the first instance of the new move, a female healthcare worker who had treated patients in West Africa and arrived at the Newark, New Jersey, airport was ordered into quarantine.
“Voluntary quarantine is almost an oxymoron,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. “We’ve seen what happens. … You ride a subway. You ride a bus. You could infect hundreds and hundreds of people.”
Wild Thing's comment.........
This only pertains to medical workers but at least it is something.
Posted by Wild Thing at October 25, 2014 12:50 AM
Comments
The Soprano State and Big Apple have washed their hands from President Obola... VOTE in 10 days!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at October 25, 2014 08:49 AM
Absolutely a must to quarantine medical workers. I would normally be surprised at these two liberal states taking this step, but I think they do it in fear rather than for right or wrong.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at October 25, 2014 12:32 PM
