{"id":49058,"date":"2015-05-12T14:37:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T06:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=49058"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:16:48","slug":"canada-drops-visa-ban-for-liberia-after-being-declared-ebola-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/12\/canada-drops-visa-ban-for-liberia-after-being-declared-ebola-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada drops visa ban for Liberia after being declared Ebola-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43154\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_146116346.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43154\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_146116346.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_146116346.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_146116346-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO &#8212; The Canadian government says it will again issue visas to people from Liberia, now that the West African country has been declared Ebola free.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization announced Saturday that Liberia has gone 42 days without an Ebola infection, a milestone that signals the outbreak in that country is believed to be over.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy bactrim online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/bactrim.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/bactrim.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In late October, Canada made the controversial decision to close borders to people from Ebola-affected countries, saying it would not process visa applications from residents and nationals of countries with widespread and persistent or intense Ebola transmission.<\/p>\n<p>The policy did not impede the return of Canadian medical personnel or those working for international aid organizations who travelled to Ebola-affected countries to help combat the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization and experts in global health law criticized the Canadian decision, saying it violated the International Health Regulations, a treaty to which Canada is a signatory.<\/p>\n<p>That treaty stipulates that in a global public health emergency, countries shouldn&#8217;t take actions that impede international trade or travel beyond what the World Health Organization recommends.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO had urged countries not to restrict travel to and from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy elavil online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/elavil.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/elavil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Canadian officials insisted that because the visa policy did not affect the travel of Canadians helping to contain the outbreak it was not a general ban and therefore did not violate the International Health Regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian visa restrictions still apply to Guinea and Sierra Leone, which are struggling to extinguish Ebola transmission more than a year after this unprecedented outbreak began.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia recorded 10,564 cases of Ebola, with 4,716 deaths.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ozempic online <a href=\"https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html\">https:\/\/shadidanin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The most recent figures from the WHO put the total for the West African outbreak at 26,628 cases and 11,020 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO &#8212; 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