SEVERAL US STATES BREAK WITH CDC AND ENACT STRICTER EBOLA GUIDELINES (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 19:13

New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Florida have each issued policies for travellers at risk of Ebola infection in the past week

Since the diagnosis of Craig Spencer with Ebola in New York last week, states around the US have introduced a flurry of new policies on how to monitor those returning from west Africa’s most affected countries.

That’s resulted in a patchwork of rules for those flying into the US from the Ebola-ravaged west African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new guidelines on Monday. But with ambitious governors mindful of public fear over Ebola, some states have enacted tighter restrictions.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/28/ebola-state-by-state-screening-quarantine-monitoring