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Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor and correspondent, apologized for violating the voluntary isolation agreement she made after she was exposed to Ebola. (Courtesy of Peter Kramer | NBC)

PRINCETON — Princeton resident Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor and correspondent, issued a statement Monday night apologizing for violating the voluntary isolation agreement she made after she was exposed to Ebola.

According to media reports, Brian Williams of NBC's Nightly News read a statement from Snyderman, 62, on television Monday night in which she apologized for breaking the voluntary self-confinement agreement she made with federal, state and local officials while living in Princeton after traveling to West Africa.

"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," she said.

A mandatory quarantine was issued Friday by New Jersey health officials for Snyderman and other NBC crew members who were exposed to Ebola when reporting in Liberia about the outbreak. The quarantine is in effect until Oct. 22.

Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman on the team, was infected with the disease and is being treated in Omaha, Nebraska. Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said Monday night Mukpo contracted Ebola when he was washing down a vehicle that had transported "bodies that perished from the disease."

Now that I've had first hand exp with this scourge of a disease, I'm even more pained at how little care sick west Africans are receiving — Ashoka Mukpo (@unkyoka) October 13, 2014

Back on twitter, feeling like I'm on the road to good health. Will be posting some thoughts this week. Endless gratitude for the good vibes. — Ashoka Mukpo (@unkyoka) October 13, 2014

Ebola is transmitted through contact with blood and body fluids, Grosser said. The virus stays alive “for as long as it stays wet,” he said.

A Providence, Rhode Island resident, Mukpo came down with the disease on Oct. 1, and NBC announced the rest of its crew working with him would voluntarily be isolated for three weeks.

Ebola is a 40-year-old virus, and more than 4,000 people have died as a result to date, Grosser said. About half of those diagnosed with Ebola survive, he said. Those exposed to the virus develop symptoms two days to three weeks after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Grosser went before Princeton's governing body to update officials and the public on Snyderman's violation and how the situation relates to Princeton. Administrator Bob Bruschi said the police department is driving through her neighborhood on an hourly basis. A part-time public health nurse checks Snyderman's vitals twice daily, Grosser said.

Read the full text of Snyderman's statement:

"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. 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. We are thrilled that Ashoka is getting better and our thoughts continue to be with the thousands affected by Ebola whose stories we all went to cover."

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