Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Maine to Seek Court Order to Force Ebola Quarantine on Nurse Kaci Hickox - NBC News.com

Maine to Seek Court Order to Force Ebola Quarantine on Nurse Kaci Hickox - NBC News.com: Maine officials will seek a court order to force Kaci Hickox, a nurse who recently returned from treating Ebla patients in West Africa, to self-quarantine at home after Hickox said she wouldn't voluntarily quarantine herself.

Hickox, who is holed up in a house in the town of Fort Kent, gave the state until Thursday to let her move freely and threatened to take the matter to court otherwise. But Maine Health Commissioner Mary Mayhew said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon that "when it is made clear by an individual in this risk category that they do not intend to voluntarily stay at home for the remaining 21 days, we will immediate see a court order."

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