Mr Katter said on Thursday it was "unbelievable and incomprehensive" how a person could get into Australia from an Ebola infected country.

"There cannot be any compromise with this," Mr Katter said.

"If you want to go to one of these countries, however laudable your motivation, I am sorry but when you return to Australia, you must be quarantined for three weeks - not home quarantined."

Australian Medical Association head Brian Owler has lashed out at Mr Katter's 'hysterical' response. He has called for calm until the results are known, and for Australia to dedicate more resources to stopping the crisis overseas.

"Now is not the time to be creating hysteria and concern," he said. "We also need to show a level of empathy for this individual, instead of creating hysteria. This woman has done everything right.