28/10/2014
Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone angry at Australia visa ban
Sierra Leone has condemned Australia#039;s decision to suspend entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa as quot;counterproductivequot; and quot;discriminatoryquot;. 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 now free of Ebola is due to be discharged from hospital New US federal guidelines say medics...
