CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Doctors Without Borders is insisting that it’s not necessary to quarantine doctors returning from West Africa if they don’t show any symptoms of Ebola.
This, even though one of the organization’s doctors has now come down with Ebola in New York.
Some countries have banned travelers from the three main Ebola countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — and the U.S. has started health screening of travelers arriving from there.
But in a statement, Doctors Without Borders says, “As long as a returned staff member does not experience any symptoms, normal life can proceed.” The statement says, “Self-quarantine is neither warranted nor recommended” in that case.
But the group says even with stringent infection-control measures, the risk of Ebola’s spread can’t be entirely eliminated.
The group has been at the forefront in the battle against the disease in West Africa.
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APPHOTO NYBM204: Bio recovery workers arrive with equipment at the apartment of Dr. Craig Spencer, stricken with Ebola, Friday Oct. 24, 2014 in New York. Dr. Spencer has been hospitalized at Bellevue after being diagnosed with Ebola following a trip to Guinea where he treated Ebola victims. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) (24 Oct 2014)
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