Ebola Quarantine Guidelines
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Obama Admin Asks States To Back Off Ebola Quarantine Orders
White House officials are asking the governors of four states to reverse their executive orders requiring the quarantine of medical workers returning from Africa. Governors Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Mario Cuomo (D-NY) reacted by standing by their decisions and blamed the federal government for not having strict enough guidelines.
The move by the White House comes after the governors of Illinois and Florida joined with Christie and Cuomo in
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White House Presses States to Reconsider Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Orders
The Obama administration has expressed deep concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey and is consulting with them to modify their orders to quarantine medical volunteers returning from West Africa as President Obama seeks to quickly develop a new, nationwide policy for the workers, according to two senior administration officials.
One administration official said the federal government has been pressing the governors to back off their decisions, which quarantine all medical workers who had contact with Ebola patients. But another official said the administration has not specifically...
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White House working on new Ebola guidelines 
The White House on Sunday said that it is working on new guidelines for health care workers returning from Ebola-stricken areas, according to a senior administration official.
The decision comes as governors in Illinois, New Jersey and New York announced over the weekend that they were instituting quarantines for aid workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa.
The White House stopped short of calling on the governors to reverse their quarantine rules, but administration officials have made clear to the governors that they have concerns with uninten