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nc_girl
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Posted: October 24 2014 at 1:48pm |
in NYC & NJ, governors holding a news conference. Fox News tried to carry it but the audio crapped out.
Not sure what's it's about except it concerns a woman HCW who came back from W. Africa and had been in quarantine. |
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The Governors are instituting a mandatory 21 day quarantine upon all returning HC workers who had contact with an active Ebola case; |
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NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A health care worker who was quarantined at Newark Liberty International Airport after returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa developed a fever and was being evaluated Friday night.
The woman was the first person quarantined under a new screening system announced earlier Friday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The woman landed at Newark after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said at the news conference. A legal quarantine was issued for the woman, who was not a New Jersey resident and was set to go on to New York afterward. “This woman, while her home residence is outside the area, said her next stop was going to be here in New York,” Christie said. “Governor Cuomo and I discussed it before we came out here, and a quarantine order will be issued.” At the time, she was not experiencing any symptoms. But Friday evening, she developed a fever and was in isolation at University Hospital in Newark, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. As CBS 2’s Weijia Jiang reported, police blocked off an entrance to the hospital late Friday and security guards were standing by. Christie issued a tweet on the new development. "This evening, that health care worker developed a fever & is in isolation &being evaluated at University The New Jersey Department of Health could not say what flight the woman was on or whether other passengers were involved. The Centers for Disease Control told CBS 2 it was unaware of the incident. The new quarantine plan came a day after Dr. Craig Spencer became the first confirmed Ebola patient in New York City. Spencer reported Thursday morning coming down with a fever and diarrhea and is being treated in an isolation ward at Bellevue Hospital, a designated Ebola center. In the wake of that revelation, Cuomo and Christie announced the new screening and quarantine rules Friday afternoon. Under the new rules, state officials will establish a risk level by considering the countries that people have visited and their level of possible exposure to Ebola. The patients with the highest level of possible exposure will be automatically quarantined for 21 days at a government-regulated facility. As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported, those patients include anyone having direct contact with a person infected with Ebola while in Liberia, Guinea, or Sierra Leone. Those with a lower risk will be monitored for temperature and symptoms, Cuomo explained. Two people on Long Island were also affected by the new screening rules. The Suffolk County Health Department said the travelers landed at JFK after a trip to West Africa, and were not sick when they arrived. But pursuant to the new rules, they will be monitored for 21 days. The CDC is reviewing its policy for health care workers returning from West Africa, but anyone flying into a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey airport will need to abide by the new procedures. http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/10/24/quarantined-traveler-who-returned-to-n-j-from-west-africa-develops-fever/&ei=URNLVJP1KYiCngeR3YGwCg&wsc=ib |
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"And then there were none."
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CRS, DrPH
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*sigh* These health-care workers should stay in Liberia, Guinea etc. for the 21 day period and avoid any contact with patients. They would be extremely valuable in doing the epidemic biostatistics, case reporting paperwork, tending to online reports etc.
Once they pass the 21 day period, they could then return to the USA, although remain under monitoring guidelines. This is a serious illness, and I bristle when the public health/government types say that "it is not an easy disease to catch." Ask MSF about that.
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