Get Guardian on GoogleThe Canadian government said yesterday that travelers from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days, and that immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on applications from Congo, South Sudan and Uganda.
Luc Brisebois, director-general for the Centre for Border and Travel Health at the Public Health Agency of Canada, said the measures are being implemented out of an “abundance of caution” and will stay in place until August 29.
Similarly, Thailand imposed on Tuesday a 21-day quarantine order for people travelling from or having transited through DRC or Uganda, where a deadly Ebola crisis is surging.
Since Kinshasa declared an outbreak on May 15, it has caused 204 deaths and 867 suspected cases.
