Reuters reports on several aspects of quarantine policies for Ebola workers, from comments by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to American opinion on the practice.

Reuters: U.N.’s Ban warns against quarantining Ebola health workers
“U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday against ‘unnecessarily’ strict restrictions on the movement of health workers who have been fighting the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. In some U.S. states officials have imposed quarantines on health professionals returning from three Ebola-ravaged West African countries, but the U.S. federal government opposes such measures…” (Nasralla/Dahl, 11/3).

Reuters: Nurse, Maine settle Ebola quarantine suit
“Maine has reached a settlement with a nurse who was briefly quarantined in her home after treating victims of Ebola in West Africa, allowing her to travel freely in public but requiring her to monitor her health closely and report any symptoms. The settlement, filed in nurse Kaci Hickox’s home town of Fort Kent, in Maine’s far north, keeps in effect through Nov. 10 the terms of an order issued by a Maine judge on Friday…” (Sherwood/Jenkins, 11/3).

Reuters: Americans strongly back quarantine for returning Ebola health workers
“Nearly 75 percent of Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll believe medics returning to the United States after treating people with Ebola should be quarantined, and 80 percent believe the health care workers’ movements should be controlled…” (Allen, 11/3).