Newark, NJ – A medical worker in New Jersey quarantined after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday after treating Ebola victims in West Africa has tested negative for the virus, the state’s health department said on Saturday.
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The worker, who has not been identified, was the first to be quarantined under a new policy announced on Friday making this mandatory for anyone arriving at a New York City-area airport after working with Ebola patients in three West African countries.
The nurse who worked in Sierra Leone tested negative for Ebola at a New Jersey hospital after being the first traveler subject to quarantine there. But hospital officials won’t say if she’ll be allowed to leave. She broke into a fever soon after being quarantined and was taken to University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey’s health department said.
The worker continues to be under a mandatory 21-day quarantine, the department said in its statement.