A woman is being tested for ebola in Australia.

It's understood the 18-year-old, who had recently travelled from West Africa, has displayed signs of a fever.

The girl is in the Royal Brisbane Hospital in Australia.

Tough new Ebola quarantine controls for medics returning to some parts of America are being criticised.

It's after a nurse, who flew into Newark from Sierra Leone, was immediately isolated.

The woman says it was a frightening experience and fears it may now put off health workers volunteering in west Africa.

American journalist Ashoka Mukpo survived ebola after picking it up in Liberia and describes how he was treated.