THE US SAYS that it will no longer force health workers returning from west Africa into quarantine, but will monitor them instead.

The news comes after a US nurse who had volunteered in Sierra Leone threatened legal action after being placed in quarantine despite testing negative for the disease.

But, should the issue be negotiable? Should health workers have a say in their quarantine? Should people who return from Ebola-hit countries be allowed volunteer to go into containment?

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Poll: Should Ebola quarantines be voluntary?

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Read: People returning to US from West Africa should be monitored but NOT quarantined

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