PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

For Release:
October 24, 2014

Mary E. O'Dowd, M.P.H.
Commissioner

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Statement from the New Jersey Department of Health

The healthcare worker Governor Chris Christie indicated earlier today would be quarantined because of a recent history of treating Ebola patients in West Africa had no symptoms upon arrival at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier today. This evening, the health care worker developed a fever and is now in isolation and being evaluated at University Hospital in Newark.

Last Reviewed: 10/24/2014