Monday, October 27, 2014

CDC to release fresh Ebola guidelines

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is set to release fresh guidelines on Ebola, especially for health workers returning from treating people in West Africa.

A nurse has criticized the state of New Jersey for putting her in quarantine in a tent in a hospital parking lot, based solely on her status as a returning health worker.

She has now been released to return to her home in Maine.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest confirmed to reporters that the CDC has prepared new guidelines on Ebola and health care workers.

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that states have the ultimate authority to determine who goes into quarantine.

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