Mandatory quarantine announced for Illinois high-risk Ebola personnel

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health announced a mandatory 21-day home quarantine for high-risk individuals who have had direct contact with an individual infected with the Ebola virus while in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea.

The mandatory quarantine order includes any high-risk medical personnel who have performed medical services to individuals infected with the Ebola virus. The order will be implemented by local health departments across the state.

a voluntary quarantine.

This directive was issued to every local health department in Illinois earlier Friday.