New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced new quarantine guidelines on Sunday evening for patients who may have been exposed to Ebola.
The new guidelines will allow health care workers who have had contact with patients infected with Ebola to stay at home for 21 days, rather than at a medical facility. The health of those individuals would be monitored throughout that period.
Cuomo also defended implementing a mandatory 3 week quarantine after the practice came under fire from federal officials and a nurse who was detained. He said that the new protocol in New York would "probably be somewhat safer than what CDC comes up with."
"Some people say we're being too cautious, I'll take that criticism," Cuomo said. "If you want to call it a criticism that I want to be safer than CDC says, fine." He added that having the three week quarantine period was "better than the alternative" of having people get sick.
Cuomo said that he had received no pressure from White House officials to end the state's quarantine. An anonymous administration official told the New York Times that the decision to implement a mandatory 21-day quarantine was “uncoordinated, very hurried, an immediate reaction to the New York City case that doesn’t comport with science.”
During the at-home quarantine, individuals will be allowed to have visitors, Cuomo said.
"It's not like this is the toughest doodie, these 21 days."
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The new guidelines will allow health care workers who have had contact with patients infected with Ebola to stay at home for 21 days, rather than at a medical facility. The health of those individuals would be monitored throughout that period.
Cuomo also defended implementing a mandatory 3 week quarantine after the practice came under fire from federal officials and a nurse who was detained. He said that the new protocol in New York would "probably be somewhat safer than what CDC comes up with."
"Some people say we're being too cautious, I'll take that criticism," Cuomo said. "If you want to call it a criticism that I want to be safer than CDC says, fine." He added that having the three week quarantine period was "better than the alternative" of having people get sick.
Cuomo said that he had received no pressure from White House officials to end the state's quarantine. An anonymous administration official told the New York Times that the decision to implement a mandatory 21-day quarantine was “uncoordinated, very hurried, an immediate reaction to the New York City case that doesn’t comport with science.”
During the at-home quarantine, individuals will be allowed to have visitors, Cuomo said.
"It's not like this is the toughest doodie, these 21 days."
This story is developing.. Check back for updates
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