By Douwe Miedema and Fiona Ortiz WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Quarantines imposed on travellers from Ebola-affected West African nations are a "little bit draconian," a senior U.S. New York, New Jersey and Illinois imposed 21-day mandatory quarantines in the last two days for anyone arriving with a high risk of having contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea - the three African countries where the epidemic has killed nearly 5,000 people. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who announced the new policy on Friday, are already under pressure from the White House to reverse the directives, the New York Times reported on Sunday afternoon. The quarantine rules are an "uncoordinated, very hurried, an immediate reaction to the New York City case that doesn't comport with science," an unnamed administration official told the Times.
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