Quarantined nurse allowed to go home, boy tested for Ebola
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A 5-year-old boy who arrived from Guinea had a low-grade fever and would be tested for Ebola in New York, while a nurse held in quarantine in New Jersey will be allowed to go home, officials said on Monday.
Nurse Kaci Hickox, held at a New Jersey hospital under the state’s Ebola quarantine policy, does not have any symptoms and can complete her quarantine at home, Governor Chris Christie said on Twitter.
Hickox arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday after treating Ebola patients in West Africa. She said she planned to challenge her quarantine in a lawsuit.
In New York, a 5-year-boy who visited West Africa and has a low-grade would be tested for Ebola, City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Travis said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.
The boy’s exposure history to the virus was unclear, she said. “He has ... traveled to one of the three affected countries and has a fever, and that’s what triggers an assessment,” she said.
He would be tested for the virus, with results available late yesterday, she said. His fever was low-grade, she said. Local media said the child lived in New York City’s Bronx borough.
Four people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. The handling of the first case, a Liberian visitor to Texas in September who died, was riddled with missteps. Two nurses who treated the man contracted the disease but have recovered.
The only patient now being treated for Ebola in the United States is a New York doctor, Craig Spencer. He had worked in Guinea treating Ebola patients with the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.
The mandatory quarantine policies put in place on Friday by the governors of New York and New Jersey have come under criticism that they may discourage health care workers from traveling to West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola.
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