N.J. Official Policy On Ebola

EDISON - The New Jersey Department of Health has released its official protocol when it comes to placing people in quarantine if they are at risk for Ebola.


The new guidelines clarify what will occur to those returning to New Jersey from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa.
It states that there will be a mandatory 21-day quarantine for anyone flying into New Jersey from Sierra Leone, Guinea or Liberia, even if they didn't have any exposure to Ebola.


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The Health Department says there are currently 100 people being monitored for the virus. They must report their temperatures to local officials twice a day.
The guidelines say that financial assistance will be given to those who will miss work while in quarantine.


New Jersey had its Ebola response tested when nurse Kaci Hickox was quarantined at University Hospital in Newark after treating patients in Sierra Leone.
Hickox tested negative twice for Ebola and went back home to Maine. There, she defied a state quarantine order and left her home, saying he did not have any symptoms.
On Friday, a judge sided with Hickox, saying she is not a threat to the public and can leave her house if she pleases. He says Hickox must monitor herself and that people are acting irrationally out of fear.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage had wanted Hickox to stay in quarantine for the entire duration of the 21-day incubation period for the virus.
There is no word yet as to whether New Jersey's guidelines will be challenged.
Earlier this week, the ACLU called for the guidelines to determine whether the protocol was based on science or fear.
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