World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa “is the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times." Photo: Getty Images

A TV doctor who broke her quarantine for possible Ebola to sneak out to get take-away from her favourite restaurant has issued an apology — of sorts.

Dr Nancy Snyderman and her NBC News crew were all under quarantine after returning from to the US from West Africa where they were exposed to infected cameraman Ashoka Mukpo.

But the network’s chief medical correspondent was allegedly spotted breaking her quarantine by making a food run to a New Jersey restaurant, The New York Post reports.

To make matters worse, Snyderman issued a statement in which she failed to say sorry or take responsibility for her actions, TMZ reports.

The statement, which was read out by NBC news anchor Brian Williams on the nightly bulletin, said: “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.”

The statement continued: “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.”

Snyderman, who lives in Princeton, New Jersey, was spotted outside the Peasant Grill in nearby Hopewell on Thursday afternoon, according to Planet Princeton.

Snyderman, who was wearing sunglasses and had her long hair pulled back, waited while a man went inside the eatery to pick up a takeout order, Planet reported.

Another man was sitting in the back seat, according to the local news blog.

A spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health said there was no need to decontaminate the restaurant or warn anyone who was inside because the CDC says people without Ebola symptoms aren’t contagious.

“The NBC crew remains symptom-free, so there is no reason for concern of exposure to the community,” spokeswoman Dawn Thomas said.

The incubation period after exposure to Ebola can last 21 days, and the mandatory quarantine order runs until Oct. 22.

Snyderman did not immediately return a call seeking comment. An NBC spokeswoman declined to comment.

Ebola-stricken cameraman Ashoka Mukpo is being treated in Nebraska.