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Aid workers and doctors move Manuel Garcia Viejo, a Spanish priest who was diagnosed with Ebola whileworking in Sierra Leone, into an ambulance as he leaves the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase, near Madrid,Spain, Sept. 22, 2014

Streets are empty during a three-day lockdown to prevent the spread on the Ebola virus, in Freetown, SierraLeone, Sept. 21, 2014.

Few people are seen on the streets during a three-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, inFreetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 21, 2014.

A health worker volunteer marks a home with chalk to identify that it has been visited, as they distribute barsof soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 20, 2014.

A health worker volunteer talks with a resident on how to prevent and identify the Ebola virus in others, anddistributes bars of soap in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sept. 20, 2014.

A newly-constructed Ebola virus treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 21, 2014.

Bath facilities at the newly-constructed treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 21, 2014.

A volunteer health worker practices using a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit at the newly-constructedcenter in Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 21, 2014.

Augustine Ngafuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia, speaks to the media as a 747 aircraft is loaded withsupplies, including 100 tons of emergency medical aid, at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport,Sept. 20, 2014.

Pallets of supplies are loaded on a 747 aircraft at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Sept.20, 2014.

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September 22, 2014 10:57 AM


GENEVA—

Independent health advisers to the World Health Organization (WHO) have assessed that there should be nogeneral ban on travel or trade with countries reeling from an Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the U.N. agency saidon Monday.

Some airlines have stopped flights to affected areas and WHO and other agencies have said this has hampered aidefforts and the ability of experts to reach victims of the world's worst ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever.

In a statement issued after the Emergency Committee held its second meeting last week, the WHO said Ebola hadnow killed at least 2,793 people in five countries and remains a “public health emergency of international concern.”

“Flight cancelations and other travel restrictions continue to isolate affected countries, resulting in detrimentaleconomic consequences, and hinder relief and response efforts risking further international spread,” the statementsaid.

“The Committee strongly reiterated that there should be no general ban on international travel or trade. ...”

Urged to resolve differences

The experts urged authorities in the affected countries - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone - towork with the aviation and maritime sectors to resolve differences and “develop a coordinated response” totransport issues.

Quarantines may be deemed necessary in areas of intense and widespread transmission of the deadly Ebola virus,the committee statement went on.

“States should ensure that they are proportionate and evidence-based and that accurate information, essentialservices and commodities, including food and water, are provided to the affected populations.”

WHO advisers earlier recommended the screening of travelers departing Ebola-affected countries from airports andports.

The committee, composed of about 20 experts who advise WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, declared onAugust 8 that the epidemic constituted a public health emergency of international concern.

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned since late March that the outbreak, which began in theremote Gueckedou area of southeastern Guinea, is “unprecedented.”

Sierra Leoneans on Sunday celebrated the end of a three-day lockdown meant to stem Ebola's reach, withauthorities saying the move had identified dozens of new infections and located scores of bodies.

Separately on Monday, the WHO said two of the five affected countries - Nigeria and Senegal - were managing tohalt the spread of the disease.

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by: timSeptember 22, 2014 1:04 PMReportReplyI get the urge to basically quarantine the Ebola hit countries. Ebola is scary and is just a plane ride away from therest of the world and trade keeps that danger alive.

At the same time, restricting trade and travel to those countries further impoverishes them - making treatment ofEbola that much more difficult and the disease more likely to become even bigger.

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