Maryland Officials Outline Ebola-Monitoring Plan

Anyone in Maryland considered to have high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus will be required to stay home until they are confirmed to be Ebola-free, under a plan to monitor people who have come from three West African countries, state officials said Monday.

Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland's health secretary, said the plan isn't as restrictive as one criticized in New York and New Jersey, where a nurse was quarantined at a medical facility over the weekend. Maryland health officials will be able to order a high-risk person to stay home, if necessary.

"I think that our approach is we want people to stay at home," Sharfstein said after a news conference in Baltimore. "We will make sure they stay at home, but that they'll want to stay at home also, we think, and so we'll have an agreement with them, but if there's any concern we can use an order, too."

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