N.J., N.Y. implement new Ebola restrictions

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Policy & Regulations

New Jersey and New York have announced new restrictions that require physicians and other healthcare workers returning from treating Ebola in Africa to take a mandatory 21-day quarantine, reports NBC News. 

The news arrived shortly after a Craig Spencer, a doctor currently in New York City, was confimed to have the virus and another healthcare worker showed signs of a fever after being quarantined upon arrival at Newark International Airport.

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New York and New Jersey Will Quarantine Ebola Doctors

Laura Pedulli

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