Two weeks ago medics in protective gear brought a Yale doctoral student recently returned from Liberia to Yale-New Haven Hospital for Ebola testing. Although his test acme back negative, state officials ordered him quarantined at home until Thursday morning.
Two of the state's four quarantine orders, one of which affected Yale student Ryan Boyko, expired at midnight Thursday, according to the state Department of Public Health.
The state has put in place a total of four quarantine orders on nine people, including a family of six from West Haven, Boyko and a second doctoral student who traveled to Liberia.
Boyko left his apartment building on Edwards Street on Thursday and couldn't be reached for comment. He told interviewers earlier in the week he felt unfairly confined.
"It was purely a political move to look like Gov. Malloy was leading — science be damned, basically," Boyko said in an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday. "Instead of leading by teaching people about the disease and trying to reduce the fear in a way that was productive and based on science, it was a decision to take what felt like the easier path."
Boyko, an epidemiology student at the Yale School of Public Health, said he had not been in contact with anyone showing Ebola symptoms while in Liberia. Ebola is only transmitted through infected individuals who are showing symptoms.
The 30-year-old doctoral student said earlier this week he had gotten involved with activists lobbying for consistent guidelines for people returning from Ebola-stricken areas.
