Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises

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Dr. Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, criticized Ebola-related travel restrictions on peoples from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan as unacceptable and harmful to affected economies. The restrictions remain despite South Sudan recording no Ebola cases, raising concerns about their impact on health and regional travel.

International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case –  are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […]