Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor and correspondent, issued a statement Monday night stating her apology for breaching voluntary Ebola quarantine after she and her team were exposed to Ebola virus in Liberia.
According to a report on Planet Princeton, Snyderman and two members of her team were supposedly seen in public while picking up a takeout order last week.
The 62-year-old journalist was covering the latest outbreak in West Africa together with other NBC crew members when they were exposed to the deadly virus. Freelance cameraman, Ashoka Mukpo contracted Ebola and is currently being treated in Omaha Nebraska.
After returning in the U.S., Snyderman and the whole crew reported to CDC, local health officials and to the state that they would be submitting themselves voluntarily for quarantine for a period of three weeks.
The New Jersey health officials issued a mandatory isolation for the journalists last Friday that would take effect until Oct. 22.
But several media reports came as some spotted Snyderman and her crew at the Peasant Grill restaurant in Hopewell, New Jersey near Princeton University on Oct. 9.
On Monday, Brian Williams of NBC 'Nightly News' read a statement from Snyderman where she was apologizing for breaking the voluntary self-isolation agreement she made with federal, state and local officials.
"We remain healthy and our temperatures are normal. As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused," Snyderman claimed.
"While under voluntary quarantine guidelines, which called for our team to avoid public contact for 21 days, members of our group violated those guidelines and understand that our quarantine is now mandatory until 21 days have passed," Snyderman told in a statement which was read by Brian Williams on 'Nightly News.'
NBC News reported that Mukpo was showing positive signs of recovery from the dreaded disease.
