No immediate plans for Ebola travel ban, Ottawa says, as deaths rise in eastern Congo
Canada has no immediate plans to implement a travel ban related to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, despite rising cases and deaths. The U.S. has imposed a travel ban on non-citizens from affected countries, raising concerns about stigma and evasion of health measures. Health officials emphasize the need for solidarity and adequate responses to the outbreak, which has seen over 130 suspected deaths and more than 500 cases.
- ▪Canada is not planning to follow the U.S. travel ban on travelers from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan due to the Ebola outbreak.
- ▪The outbreak has resulted in over 130 suspected deaths and more than 500 suspected cases in eastern Congo.
- ▪The World Health Organization has expressed concern over the speed and scale of the Ebola epidemic in the region.
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Open this photo in gallery:A soldier guards the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Tuesday. The lab is responsible for analyzing suspected Ebola cases.JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP/Getty ImagesShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountCanada has no immediate plans to follow the Trump administration’s ban on travellers from three African countries considered at risk from the Ebola virus, a federal health official says.A rare strain of Ebola, without any approved treatment or vaccine, has been spreading rapidly across the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with two cases reaching across the border into Uganda.More than 130 suspected deaths and more than 500…
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