NY, NEW JERSEY ISSUE MANDATORY EBOLA QUARANTINE FOR RISK TRAVELERS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 24, 2014, 19:53

Governors of New Jersey Chris Christie (R) and of New York Andrew Cuomo speak during a news conference about New York's first case of Ebola, in New York October 24, 2014. (Reuters / Carlo Allegri)

The governors of New Jersey and New York have issued a mandatory quarantine for those travelers who have been treating or otherwise in contact Ebola-infected patients in West Africa.

One healthcare worker has already been quarantined even though she has no symptoms, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The woman who has been quarantined landed at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey on Friday, according to AP.

"Her next stop was going to be here in New York," Christie said during a news conference announcing the mandatory quarantine policy, Reuters reports. "A quarantine order will be issued."

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