Ebola: WHO in emergency talks on travel restrictions
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22 October 2014 Last updated at 05:44 ET Share this pageEmail Print Share this page
Ebola: WHO in emergency talks on travel restrictions
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The meeting will assess the efforts so far to control the virus, which continues to spread in the worst affected countries in West Africa. New rules in the US require travellers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone to arrive at one of five airports. Meanwhile a curfew has been imposed in a town in Sierra Leone after two people were shot dead in riots on Tuesday.
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In a meeting on Wednesday, its emergency committee will look closely at whether screening measures at borders are working..
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Meanwhile, air passengers arriving in the US from the three worst affected countries must now travel via O'Hare in Chicago, JFK, Newark, Washington's Dulles or Atlanta, where they will undergo enhanced screening. They will have their temperatures checked as part of other protocols, despite experts warning such moves are unlikely to have an impact.
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The precautions stop short of the travel ban sought by some US Congress members.
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There are no direct scheduled flights to the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29721853