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US - Nurse who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined New Jersey & Maine - initally hospitalized with fever (disputed) - tests negative

Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing

Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing

?There is no more voluntary quarantine in New Jersey because you can't count on people to do it,? Christie said.
 
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Quarantined NJ patient gets sick, tested for Ebola

Everett Rosenfeld | @Ev_Rosenfeld

19 Mins Ago

...a woman ordered into quarantine by Christie spiked a fever and was rushed to a New Jersey hospital to be tested for Ebola.

During a news conference with Cuomo Friday afternoon, Christie alluded to a health care worker with no symptoms of illness who had been treating Ebola patients in Africa, and whom he and Cuomo had decided should be quarantined on entry at Newark Airport.
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http://www.cnbc.com/id/102119947#.
 
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Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing

She is not a New Jersey resident. She spent her initial hours of quarantine in the small Quarantine Station operated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the airport, according to Donna Leusner, spokeswoman for the Department of Health.

As of Friday evening, she had been transferred to University Hospital in Newark - one of the three designated hospitals for treating any Ebola case in New Jersey - and was undergoing a medical evaluation.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/20...lth_worker_now_has_a_fever_state_reports.html
 
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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...eated-ebola-hospitalized-nj-has-fever-n233691


Worker Who Treated Ebola Hospitalized in NJ, Has Fever
36 minutes

A healthcare worker who recently treated Ebola patients in West Africa was placed in isolation at a New Jersey hospital on Friday after developing a fever.

The worker, a staffer for Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, was placed into quarantine Friday upon arrival at New Jersey?s Newark International Airport, a day after a New York City doctor who also worked with the group overseas tested positive for the deadly disease...
 
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Woman quarantined in New Jersey tests negative for Ebola
By Ray Sanchez and Joe Sutton, CNN
updated 7:16 AM EDT, Sat October 25, 2014


New York (CNN) -- A woman quarantined at a New Jersey hospital after arrival from West Africa has tested negative for Ebola in a preliminary test, authorities said Saturday.
The unidentified health care worker who had treated Ebola patients in West Africa arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/25/healt...gn=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+(RSS:+Top+Stories)
 
Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

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MSF is concerned about the conditions of the quarantine. Apparently Ms. Hickox is being kept in an unheated tent.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/msf-nurse-held-isolation-new-jersey
 
Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

UTA grad isolated at New Jersey hospital as part of Ebola quarantine

By KACI HICKOX Special Contributor
Published: 25 October 2014 12:00 PM
Updated: 25 October 2014 04:14 PM

I am a nurse who has just returned to the U.S. after working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone - an Ebola-affected country. I have been quarantined in New Jersey. This is not a situation I would wish on anyone, and I am scared for those who will follow me.

I am scared about how health care workers will be treated at airports when they declare that they have been fighting Ebola in West Africa. I am scared that, like me, they will arrive and see a frenzy of disorganization, fear and, most frightening, quarantine.

I arrived at the Newark Liberty International Airport around 1 p.m. on Friday, after a grueling two-day journey from Sierra Leone. I walked up to the immigration official at the airport and was greeted with a big smile and a ?hello.?
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http://www.dallasnews.com/ebola/hea...rsey-hospital-as-part-of-ebola-quarantine.ece
 
Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

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The final paragraphs of nurse Kaci Hickox's article:

I sat alone in the isolation tent and thought of many colleagues who will return home to America and face the same ordeal. Will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners?

I recalled my last night at the Ebola management center in Sierra Leone. I was called in at midnight because a 10-year-old girl was having seizures. I coaxed crushed tablets of Tylenol and an anti-seizure medicine into her mouth as her body jolted in the bed.

It was the hardest night of my life. I watched a young girl die in a tent, away from her family. With few resources and no treatment for Ebola, we tried to offer our patients dignity and humanity in the face of their immense suffering.

The epidemic continues to ravage West Africa. Recently, the World Health Organization announced that as many as 15,000 people have died from Ebola. We need more health care workers to help fight the epidemic in West Africa. The U.S. must treat returning health care workers with dignity and humanity.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/ebola/hea...rsey-hospital-as-part-of-ebola-quarantine.ece
 
Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

N.Y. official: Ebola policy 'a real stunner'

Despite negative tests, health worker forced to remain in quarantine for 21 days

By Ray Sanchez and Elizabeth Cohen CNN
POSTED: 05:17 AM MDT Oct 25, 2014
UPDATED: 10:39 PM MDT Oct 25, 2014
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The mandate came as a surprise to the federal Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to a federal official familiar with the situation.

"They're not happy," the official said of the CDC. "These two governors said, 'Take this, federal government.' They're very worried we won't be able to get physicians or nurses to go (to countries affected by the Ebola outbreak)."

A New York City official called more stringent screening "a real stunner."

"They did this without consulting the city, and that's not a good thing," the official said of Cuomo and Christie. "They didn't let anyone know in advance."
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http://www.krdo.com/news/health/ebola-woman-isolated-in-nj-tests-negative/29335346
 
Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

Re: US - New Jersey: Woman who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined after Newark landing- hospitalized with fever - tests negative

Source: http://www.portlanddailysun.me/inde...medical-worker-who-worked-with-ebola-patients

Maine readies for medical worker who worked with Ebola patients
Published Date Monday, 27 October 2014 20:36
Written by David Carkhuff

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A healthcare worker traveling from West Africa may arrive in Maine, prompting a statement from the governor about the state's Ebola guidelines.

CNBC News reported Monday that "the medical worker at the center of a political firestorm over her involuntary quarantining in New Jersey after working with Ebola patients will be allowed to leave that state and travel to Maine, officials said Monday."

In reaction, Gov. Paul LePage issued a statement Monday, saying the healthcare worker "who may be returning to Maine after traveling from West Africa" will be subject to federal health guidelines.

"We commend all healthcare workers for their humanitarian work in West Africa and other regions of the world, and we are proud that they are always ready to help others," LePage said. "Upon the healthcare workers' return home, we will follow the guidelines set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for medical workers who have been in contact with Ebola patients. Additionally, we will work with the healthcare worker to establish an in-home quarantine protocol to ensure there is no direct contact with other Mainers until the period for potential infection has passed. We will help make sure the healthcare worker has everything to make this time as comfortable as possible."

Maine has established protocols for the monitoring of any individual who returns to Maine after traveling from West African regions that have been impacted by Ebola, LePage said. These protocols include monitoring the individual for 21 days after the last possible exposure to Ebola. Twenty-one days is the longest time it can take from the time a person is infected with Ebola until that person has symptoms of Ebola...
 
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Nurse Kaci Hickox Doesn't Intend to Obey Maine Ebola Quarantine: Report

Maine health officials are prepared to "pursue legal authority" to enforce a quarantine Tuesday as reports surfaced that Kaci Hickox, a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and shows no symptoms of the virus, doesn't intend to obey the quarantine.

"We do not want to have to legally enforce in-home quarantine," Mary Mayhew, commissioner of the state Health and Human Services Department, said at a news conference. She wouldn't comment on Hickox's case specifically, but Hickox's attorney told the Bangor Daily News that his client ? who was quarantined against her will in New Jersey upon her return to the U.S. ? "doesn't want to agree to continue to be confined to a residence" beyond two days.

Hickox spent the weekend in an isolation tent at a Newark hospital after she flew back from West Africa, even though she tested negative for the virus. She was released Monday and drove back to Maine after she threatened to sue.

"We're confident that selfless health workers who were brave enough to care for Ebola patients in a foreign country will be willing to take reasonable steps to protect residents of their own country," Mayhew said Tuesday. "However, we are willing to pursue legal authority if necessary to ensure risk is minimized for Mainers."

Robin Pinette, a resident of Fort Kent, Maine, where Hickox had originally planned to self-quarantine at her boyfriend's apartment, told NBC station WLBZ of Bangor that the situation is "completely terrifying."

"I feel bad for Kaci, because I know that it's got to be hard feeling ostracized somewhat," Pinette said. "But we're dealing with the whole community, not just one person here."

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Maine state police dispatched to back nurse's quarantine

Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 2:07 p.m. EDT October 29, 2014

Maine state police were stationed outside the home of Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox's boyfriend Wednesday as Gov. Paul LePage said he was seeking legal authority to force the "unwilling" health care workers to remain quarantined at the location for 21 days.

The 33-year-old nurse, who has shown no symptoms of the deadly virus, arrived in Maine on Monday after being forcibly held in an isolation tent in New Jersey for three days under that state's strict new law for health care workers who have recently treated Ebola patients in West Africa.

Over Hickox's objections, Maine health officials insisted that she stay in her boyfriend's home in Fort Kent for 21 days until the incubation period for Ebola had passed.

"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickox tells Today show's Matt Lauer. "I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."
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Full text and video:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/29/ebola-nurse-maine/18105327/
 
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Governor LePage Issues Statement About Healthcare Worker in Fort Kent Who Worked in West Africa

October 29, 2014
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531

AUGUSTA ? Governor Paul R. LePage issued a statement Wednesday morning about a healthcare worker who had been quarantined in New Jersey and is now in Fort Kent still under voluntary quarantine.

?We commend all healthcare workers for their humanitarian work in West Africa and other regions in the world, and we are proud that Americans are always ready to help others,? said Governor LePage. ?However, the healthcare worker who is in Fort Kent has been unwilling to follow the protocols set forth by the Maine CDC and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for medical workers who have been in contact with Ebola patients.?

?We hoped that the healthcare worker would voluntarily comply with these protocols, but this individual has stated publicly she will not abide by the protocols,? Governor LePage said. ?We are very concerned about her safety and health and that of the community. We are exploring all of our options for protecting the health and well-being of the healthcare worker, anyone who comes in contact with her, the Fort Kent community and all of Maine. While we certainly respect the rights of one individual, we must be vigilant in protecting 1.3 million Mainers, as well as anyone who visits our great state.?

Upon learning the healthcare worker intends to defy the protocols, the Office of the Governor has been working collaboratively with the State health officials within the Department of Health and Human Services to seek legal authority to enforce the quarantine.

Governor LePage and the Maine CDC have been following the care and movements of the healthcare worker since Monday. The Maine State Police will monitor the residence in Fort Kent where the healthcare worker is staying, for both her protection and the health of the community.

To protect privacy and security, neither this person?s identity nor the location of quarantine will be released by the state.

http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov+News&id=630428&v=article2011
 
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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...la-quarantine-standoff-goes-bike-ride-n237421


Kaci Hickox, Nurse in Ebola Quarantine Standoff, Goes for a Bike Ride
Kaci Hickox took her campaign against an Ebola quarantine out for a spin on Thursday.

The Maine nurse, openly defying an order to stay home after she treated patients in West Africa, sped off on a bike ride on a sunny morning with her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur. She returned after about an hour...
 
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/health/us-ebola/index.html

Negotiations with State of Maine.
he health commissioner said she "did not understand" why Hickox is challenging what she calls a "common-sense approach" of staying home for three weeks. (That amount of time is significant because it may take that long between when a person gets Ebola and shows signs of it; furthermore, Ebola spreads only via bodily fluids, not through the air.)
"(This is) a reasonable request to ensure -- out of an abundance of caution -- that we are protecting the people of this state," Mayhew said.
Yet Hickox thinks the U.S. Constitution and science are on her side.
And, because of that, she has no intention of staying put.
"I am completely healthy and symptom-free," Hickox said Wednesday night from her front lawn, alongside her boyfriend. "I am frustrated by (the) intention ... to file legal action against me."

Quarantines are a fascinating intersection of individual (human) rights, states, federal recommendations, fear, politics, and science.
 
Re: US - Nurse who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined New Jersey & Maine - initally hospitalized with fever (disputed) - tests negative

Reuters Health ‏@Reuters_Health 12m12 minutes ago
Maine wins court order requiring monitoring, travel limits on nurse Kaci Hickox
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Reuters Health ‏@Reuters_Health 10m10 minutes ago
Judge says Hickox shall not go to workplaces except to receive needed healthcare.
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Re: US - Nurse who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined New Jersey & Maine - initally hospitalized with fever (disputed) - tests negative


Judge imposes temporary restrictions on nurse Kaci Hickox

Court hearing for permanent order under way Friday morning

UPDATED 10:57 AM EDT Oct 31, 2014

FORT KENT, Maine —A court hearing was under way Friday morning in an Augusta courtroom on an order to impose restrictions on nurse Kaci Hickox.

The state of Maine filed a petition on Thursday asking the court for an order to enforce a quarantine of Hickox after the nurse returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa.

It asks the court to issue an order restricting Hickox's activities.

Read the court documents

According to the document the court has issued a temporary order that Hickox must submit to active monitoring, coordinate her travel with public health authorities, not use commercial or public transportation, not go to any public places or workplaces, unless to receive necessary health care, maintain a 3-foot distance from other people and not leave Fort Kent without consulting public health authorities.

Friday's hearing will determine if a permanent order will be granted unless both sides can reach an agreement on monitoring.

WMTW
 
Re: US - Nurse who had contact with Ebola victims quarantined New Jersey & Maine - initally hospitalized with fever (disputed) - tests negative

Judge issues order enforcing Ebola isolation of defiant Maine nurse

WASHINGTON Fri Oct 31, 2014

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The order from Charles LaVerdiere, chief judge of the Maine District Court, instructs nurse Kaci Hickox to submit to "direct active monitoring," and "not to be present in public places" like shopping centers, movie theaters or workplaces except to receive necessary healthcare.

The temporary order permits her to engage in what the judge called "non-congregate public activities" like walking or jogging in the park but instructs her to maintain a 3-foot (1 meter) distance from other people.

More: Reuters
 
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