The family of a third-grader in Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against Milford Public Schools, saying their daughter was banned from school for 21 days amid Ebola fears when she returned from a trip to Lagos, Nigeria, for a family wedding. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, alleges that Ikeoluwa Opayemi was not allowed to return to Meadowside Elementary School in Milford "based on fears" of the deadly Ebola outbreak in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Most of the more than 13,700 confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola have been diagnosed in those three countries, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations' health authority projected that deaths from the virus have exceeded 5,000.
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Milford Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Feser says school acted in "good faith"
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Third-grader Ikeoluwa Opayemi was kept out of school amid Ebola fears, a lawsuit says
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She had recently returned from a trip to Lagos, Nigeria, for a family wedding
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A local health official said she was kept out school because of "rumors" and "panic"
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