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    Ebola: Guinea closes its borders with some countries ...

    Conakry- Guinea has taken further steps to reduce the risk of spread of Ebola haemorrhagic! The Guinean government has decided to close the land borders with countries learned Africaguinee.com.

    'Neighbouring countries have closed their borders. They made arrangements themselves between prefectures to prevent any movement to avoid massive contamination. So Guinea can not stay with arms crossed and permit crossing of the Guinean border at the risk to spread the epidemic (in its territory, Editor's note) , told to Africaguinee.com, the Minister for Defence national, Mr. Abdoul Kabele Camara.

    Then adding: 'Liberia closed its borders, Sierra Leone closed its borders, so I do not see why Guinea would not close its borders on the side of Liberia', "he said, adding further that 'it's just for health security that are taken",says the master Abdoul Kabele Camara, into the microphone of our reporter.

    Since the onset of the epidemic in Guinea, 363 people were killed. To stop it, the Minister Kabele think a scale awareness must be made. 'We all need to join to educate our people to avoid contamination. This Ebola fever is a real threat to us', invited the delegate to the national defense minister.

    Asked whether the most affected areas by the disease may be quarantined, the Guinean Minister for Defence argues that 'It was the Department of Health and the administration of the territory, which could decide' .

    Asked on a request made by the World Health Organization to declare a state of emergency, Mr. Abdoul Kabele said the government will take a decision in due course.

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    Re: Ebola: Guinea closes its borders with with Sierra Leone and Liberia

    Ebola outbreak: Guinea closes borders with West Africa countries
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    Thomson ReutersPosted: Aug 09, 2014 10:38 AM ET|Last Updated: Aug 09, 2014 1:31 PM ET

    Guinea closed its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Saturday in a bid to halt the spread of an Ebola epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in the three countries this year.

    Authorities said the decision was taken primarily to prevent infected people crossing into Guinea, a country where at least 367 people have died of Ebola since March and 18 others are being treated in isolation.

    "We have provisionally closed the frontier between Guinea and Sierra Leone because of all the news that we have received from there recently," Health Minister R?my Lamah said, noting Guinea had also closed its border with Liberia.

    The measures had been taken in consultation with the two neighbours, Guinea's Minister for International Cooperation, Moustapha Koutoub Sano, told a news conference. There was no immediate comment from Liberia and Sierra Leone.

    While Guinea's official land border crossings with the countries will shut, it will be extremely difficult to prevent people in rural areas crossing its long and porous frontiers.

    It was not immediately clear how the closure would impact air travel.
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    Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf apologized on Saturday for the high death toll among health-care workers who have fought an Ebola outbreak, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in three countries.
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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