Members of an NBC News crew who breached a voluntary quarantine after working with a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia have now been ordered by New Jersey’s Department of Health to confine themselves.
At the same time, health officials are downplaying any dangers to the public.
“The NBC crew remains symptom-free, so there is no reason for concern of exposure to the community,” said health department spokeswoman Donna Leusner, Reuters reported.
The news crew, which includes NBC’s top medical correspondent, Nancy Snyderman, will remain quarantined until Oct. 22, when the 21-day incubation period for Ebola has passed, Reuters reported. They were ordered to quarantine after Ms. Snyderman, who lives in Princeton, was seen on the streets outside a restaurant, while one man went in to pick up her order and another waited in the car, the Planet Princeton blog first reported.
The news crew worked with Ashoka Mukpo, 33, a freelance cameraman who’s been treated with an experimental drug to treat Ebola. He’s been given a blood transfusion and is still at the hospital, Reuters reported.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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