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WHO chief urges countries to lift travel restrictions imposed amid Ebola outbreak
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WHO chief urges countries to lift travel restrictions imposed amid Ebola outbreak

MOSCOW, June 4: World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to lift travel restrictions imposed due to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as they are hindering aid delivery. On May 27, the Ugandan Health Ministry said that the government had decided to close the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the unfavourable epidemiological situation there. The New York Times newspaper reported on the same day that the

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MOSCOW, June 4: World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to lift travel restrictions imposed due to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as they are hindering aid delivery.

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