NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman reportedly violated her voluntary quarantine for a soup run at a New Jersey restaurant. Snyderman, along with several other NBC crew members, were asked to isolate themselves for 21 days after their cameraman tested positive for Ebola.
According to Planet Princeton, several New Jersey residents spotted Snyderman sitting in her Mercedes outside of Peasant Grill in Hopewell over the weekend. The 62-year-old was supposedly wearing shades as an unidentified man ran into the restaurant to pick up their food order. Following the news, the New Jersey Department of Health issued a mandatory quarantine for Snyderman and her crew, the Daily News reports.
Sources at the restaurant told TMZ that the owners did not see the NBC doc in the store, but said Peasant Grill is one of her favorite eateries and she often uses them to cater her dinner parties. The risk that Snyderman and her crew have Ebola is low and no one in the group has shown symptoms of the virus. The voluntary quarantine was simply enacted for safety precautions.
Earlier this month, the entire NBC News crew was flown back to the United States after 33-year-old freelance cameraman Ashoka Mukpo contracted the virus in Liberia. According to the Daily News, he started showing symptoms on Oct. 1, one day after NBC hired him.
Mukpo was taken to Nebraska Medical Center for treatment and is said to have improved so much that he is now reportedly symptom-free.
"Ashoka has been steadily improving over the past 48 hours. He has been symptom-free during that time and is increasing his physical strength. His appetite has returned and he is asking for food. His spirits are much more uplifted and continue to improve," his family said in a statement to NBC News. "The team taking care of him in Nebraska now feels he has turned the corner and with time, will make a full recovery."
