Newark Passenger Who Worked With Ebola Patients Develops Fever

UPDATE 2      U.S. nurse quarantined over Ebola criticizes her treatment and  airport temperaure reading

REUTERS    

By Jonathan Allen                                                                        Oct. 25, 2014

NEW YORK --Kaci Hickox, a nurse, returned on Friday from working with medical charity Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone and was placed in quarantine after arriving at Newark.

Hickox, who was transferred from the airport to a hospital where she was placed in isolation, described a confusing and upsetting experience at the airport and was worried the same treatment was in store for other American health workers trying to help.

"I ... thought of many colleagues who will return home to America and face the same ordeal," Hickox wrote in an article published on Saturday by The Dallas Morning News with the help of one of the newspaper's reporters. "Will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners?"

In her article, Hickox ...said her temperature was normal when tested orally at the hospital, but had shown a fever when she was tested using a non-contact forehead scanner, which reflected the fact she was flustered and anxious.

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earlier stories

UPDATE     HEALTH WORKER TESTED NEGATIVE

NEW JERSEY.COM                                                                         Oct.25, 2014

by Kathlene O'Brien

NEWWARK --A nurse who became the first person quarantined under Gov. Chris Christie's new Ebola-prevention policy has tested negative for the disease, the N.J. Department of Health reported Saturday morning.

"The patient continues to be quarantined and remains in isolation and under observation at University Hospital in Newark," said a Department of Health statement issued early Saturday.

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/10/newark_ebola_case_is_false_alarm_nurses_lab_test_negative.html

Earlier story:

THE HUFFINGTON POST                Oct. 24, 2014

By Andrew Hart

A female health care worker who was quarantined because she had contact with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has developed a fever after arriving at Newark Liberty Airport, the New Jersey State Health Department said on Friday.

She has been isolated and is being evaluated at University Hospital in Newark.

She had no symptoms upon arrival in Newark, but said she had contact with patients while in Sierra Leone when questioned at the airport, The Register reported. She was put under quarantine due to the possibility she was exposed to Ebola. The New York Times and WABC said that she had treated patients in the West African country.

She developed a fever while under quarantine later on Friday night, the New Jersey State Health Department said.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said during a Friday news conference said that the woman, a U.S. citizen, was not a resident of New Jersey and was intending to go on to New York.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/newark-quarantined-ebola-fever_n_6045262.html

and

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/10/quarantined_ebola_health_worker_now_has_a_fever_state_reports.html