How Global Borders Are Tightening Around Africa’s Ebola Outbreak

Canada and The Bahamas have joined the United States in imposing temporary travel restrictions tied to the worsening Ebola outbreak in central and east Africa, a coordinated tightening of borders that underscores mounting international anxiety over the virus’s cross continental spread. The measures specifically target travellers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda…

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Congo Ebola Death Toll Hits 80

  At least 80 persons have died from a fresh Ebola outbreak spreading across three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu, according to data released by the World Health Organisation on Sunday. The outbreak, designated the 17th in Congo since the virus was first identified there in 1976,…

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