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Canada Follows Australia and Bans Visitors From West Africa Posted on November 2, 2014 by Chris Carrington So far Canada has had no cases of Ebola and it hopes to keep it that way. The Canadian government has made the decision to stop issuing visas to citizens of Ebola stricken countries. Australia made the same decision last week, and drew criticism from the World Health Organization for doing so. The move has been condemned by both The World Health Organization and by some legal experts who say that both Canada and Australia are in violation of international health laws. David Fidler, an international law professor at Indiana University, said the moves by Canada and Australia place both in violation of the International Health Regulations, a 2005 WHO treaty to which both are signatories. The International Health Regulations are designed to help the world fight infectious disease outbreaks that have the potential for... dcclothesline/2014/11/02/canada-follows-australia-bans-visitors-west-africa/
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:41:57 +0000

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