Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone angry at Australia visa ban

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29809863

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone angry at Australia visa ban

Sierra Leone has condemned Australia's decision to suspend entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa as "counterproductive" and "discriminatory".

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 returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa should be actively monitored but not placed in quarantine - but some states say they will continue with their quarantine polices
Separately, the US Army has imposed a 21-day monitoring period for all soldiers returning from the region

(continued, billions of particles/ml with Ebola compared with only thosands/ml with Hiv....good idea since no vaccine till next summer and then it might not work against any new strains by then...)