The Governor of Maine has threatened to arrest Nurse Kaci Hickox after she broke the state's mandatory Ebola quarantine by saying: 'I don't want her within three feet of anyone.'
The 33-year-old, who tested negative for the deadly disease earlier this week, defied the guidelines by going on a bike ride with partner Ted Wilbur.
Later in the day, the pair also had a pepperoni and mushroom pizza delivered to their home in Fort Kent, Maine, before settling down to watch The Avengers film.
Her actions enraged Governor Paul LePage with lawyers from the state going to court to demand the nurse give a blood test.
'This could be resolved today. She has been exposed and she’s not cooperative, so force her to take a test. It’s so simple' he told ABC.
He also condemned the nurse for worrying her community by venturing out, breaking the 21-day quarantine period and announced he would 'exercise the full extent of his authority' to rein her in.
Miss Hickox broke her quarantine at 9am and took an ATV trail behind her home for the hour-long ride. A state trooper who had been stationed outside the house followed her in a police cruiser.
'It's just good to be out,' Miss Hickox told MailOnline as she left.
Maine police were monitoring her movements and public interactions but there was no court order to arrest the nurse.
As she returned home, she said: 'There is no court action against me. There is nothing to stop me from going for a bike ride in my home town.'
* Na wah for this woman ooo!!!
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