--- title: Christie and Cuomo Announce Mandatory Ebola Quarantine description: Healthcare workers returning to New York or New Jersey from treating Ebola patients will be quarantined, governors announced. canonical: https://time.com/3537755/ebola-new-york-new-jersey/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-24T21:44:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T01:52:00.000Z article:section: Health og:title: Christie and Cuomo Announce Mandatory Ebola Quarantine og:description: Healthcare workers returning to New York or New Jersey from treating Ebola patients will be quarantined, governors announced. og:url: https://time.com/3537755/ebola-new-york-new-jersey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4a6de14f410a802/698762c755a85961efa83701/3e60097418424eb7a2d441b11426a437-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Christie and Cuomo Announce Mandatory Ebola Quarantine twitter:description: Healthcare workers returning to New York or New Jersey from treating Ebola patients will be quarantined, governors announced. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4a6de14f410a802/698762c755a85961efa83701/3e60097418424eb7a2d441b11426a437-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Christie and Cuomo Announce Mandatory Ebola Quarantine > Sponsored content. 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A tense waiting game ended this week for family and several others who had come into contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. with Ebola and who died of the virus on Oct. 9._  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:52 AM UTCPublished: Oct 24, 2014 9:44 PM UTC  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, right, speaks at a news conference, Oct. 24, 2014 in New York. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, center, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, right, speaks at a news conference, Oct. 24, 2014 in New York.Mark Lennihan—AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:52 AM UTCPublished: Oct 24, 2014 9:44 PM UTC Healthcare workers returning to New York or New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in West Africa will be placed under a mandatory quarantine, officials announced Friday, one day after a Doctors Without Borders doctor was diagnosed with the virus in New York City. Illinois [announced](http://time.com/3539884/illinois-ebola-quarantine/) a similar policy Saturday, meaning it will be enforced in states with three of the five airports through which passengers traveling from the Ebola-stricken West African countries must enter the United States. N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement as part of a broader procedural plan to help protect the densely packed, highly populated area from any further spread of the disease. “Since taking office, I have erred on the side of caution when it comes to the safety and protection of New Yorkers, and the current situation regarding Ebola will be no different,” Gov. Cuomo said. “The steps New York and New Jersey are taking today will strengthen our safeguards to protect our residents against this disease and help ensure those that may be infected by Ebola are treated with the highest precautions.” New York and New Jersey state health department staff will be present on the ground at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey. In addition to implementing the mandatory quarantine of health care workers and others who had direct contact with Ebola patients, health department officials in each state will determine whether others should travelers should be hospitalized or quarantined. The announcements mark a dramatic escalation in measures designed to prevent the spread of Ebola in the United States. 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