WHO advises no flight restrictions, low risk from Ebola - IATA


  • World
  • Thursday, 31 Jul 2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is not recommending travel restrictions or border closures due to the Ebola outbreak and there would be a low risk to other passengers if an infected person flew, the airlines association IATA said on Thursday.

The International Air Transport Association issued the statement after consultation with the WHO and the U.N. aviation agency ICAO, following the case of a man who died of Ebola after taking a flight from Liberia to Nigeria with a stopover at Lomé.

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