Sierra Leone has condemned Australias decision to suspend entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa as counterproductive and discriminatory. The move has also been criticised by Amnesty International. And UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said travel restrictions will severely curtail efforts to beat Ebola. Nearly 5,000 people have died from the virus, the vast majority of them in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. In other developments: Eighty-two people who had contact with a toddler who died in Mali are now being monitored. A Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola in the US from a Liberian patient but is now free of the virus has been discharged from hospital. New US federal guidelines say medics returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa should be monitored but not placed in quarantine - but some states say they will continue with their quarantine polices. President Barack Obama has said policy for returning medics should be based on science and not fear. Separately, the US Army has imposed a 21-day monitoring period for all soldiers returning from the region Protect Australians The Australian government announced on Monday that it was cancelling non-permanent or temporary visas held by people from the affected countries who were not yet travelling, and that new visa applications would not be processed. bbc/news/world-africa-29809
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:56:05 +0000
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