Friday, October 31, 2014

UN maintains no scientific basis for strict Ebola quarantine measures

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The United Nations is maintaining that there is no scientific basis to restrict travel of health workers returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, or put them under strict quarantine unless they present with symptoms.


The latest comments from UN officials come as a judge in Maine rejected a legal request to restrict the movements of a health worker who returned to the US from Sierra Leone.


Liling Tan reports from the UN in New York.


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