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WHO says returning Ebola health workers should not be stigmatized
29.10.2014 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The World Health Organization says that its too early to tell if restrictions on health workers will deter medical staff from travelling to West Africa to help fight the Ebola crisis, UN Radio reports.
As to report, New Jersey is one of three states in the US that has introduced a 21-day quarantine for all health workers who have had contact with Ebola patients.
The state has refused to change its quarantine policy in spite of new federal guidelines in the US, which say that US medics returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa will be actively monitored but not placed in quarantine.
It is to be admitted, the ruling comes after a nurse was put in isolation in a tent in New Jersey, a decision that has caused outrage amongst politicians and health workers.
In meanwhile, Australia has also been criticised for a ban on visas for West Africa.
In fact, the World Health Organization does not recommend the mandatory quarantine.
In meanwhile, Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, says that returning health workers are exceptional people who are giving themselves for humanity and that they should not be subjected to restrictions that are not based on science.
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