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Nurse Defies Ebola Quarantine in Maine

HeadlineOct 31, 2014

In the United States, Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey after returning from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has violated quarantine rules in her home state of Maine. After Hickox went on a bike ride with her boyfriend, Maine Gov. Paul LePage vowed to use “the full extent of his authority allowable by law” to keep her in her home.

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