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US troops to undergo Ebola quarantine
The US military has announced that all troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa will be placed in quarantine for 3 weeks.
The military plans to send about 4,000 troops to West Africa to help combat Ebola by building treatment facilities in the region, where the virus is raging.
Some 1,100 troops are already taking part in the mission, mainly in Liberia.
The US Defense Department announced on Wednesday that it will severely restrict returning soldiers from contact with the outside world for 3 weeks to strengthen the country’s fight against the virus.
In a public forum held in Washington on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pleaded for understanding, calling the measure a safety valve sought by families and communities of members of the military.
The supervised isolation has already been imposed on troops who have returned to US bases after completing their mission.
But similar quarantines introduced by some US states met criticism from medical workers, who call the measure an infringement of human rights.
The Pentagon says it will launch discussion within 45 days on whether to continue the quarantine for military personnel.
