Quarantine for Princeton Resident Nancy Snyderman Ends Oct. 22; NBC Future in Jeopardy

Nancy Snyderman. Photo Credit: NBC News

The mandatory quarantine placed on NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman ends this week, but her future with NBC News remains in question.

The quarantine expires on Wednesday night, Oct. 22, at 11:59 p.m., Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said Monday morning.

Last week, signs asking for help in protecting the community from Snyderman began popping up around Princeton. Those signs disappeared overnight.

More than 1,000 people have posted to Snyderman’s Facebook page, saying they were angry and wouldn’t trust her again. Some suggested she should be fired or lose her medical license, according to The Associated Press.

NBC, which did not comment, must now decide whether Snyderman can maintain enough credibility while reporting on Ebola and other medical issues, according to The Associated Press.

New Jersey Health officials placed Snyderman, a 62-year-old Princeton resident, under a mandatory quarantine last week after violating the voluntary isolation agreement after one of her cameramen contracted the Ebola virus while covering the outbreak in West Africa.

The crew agreed to voluntary isolation, but it became mandatory after residents reported seeing Snyderman and her crew getting takeout, according to Planet Princeton.

A maid was fired as a result of the violation, according to the New York Daily News.

She issued an apology after violating the agreement, which was in place for 21 days, the longest known quarantine related to the disease.

Snyderman has not exhibited symptoms of the disease, and Princeton residents have not been at risk to exposure.

Snyderman was a medical correspondent for ABC News for 17 years, and joined NBC in 2006.

Ebola has caused concern throughout the country and in certain parts of the state recently.

There have been three confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States since Sept. 30, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

There has been one reported death linked to the disease.

There was a scare in East Orange last week with a man from West Africa who checked into East Orange General Hospital with Ebola-like symptoms. He tested negative for the disease. It was the third scare at the hospital since August, according to New Jersey News 12.

Two students from Africa who were scheduled to begin classes in a Burlington County school district this week are currently being kept home for a week for precautionary reasons, despite not exhibiting any symptoms.