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ONE of the first casualties of any epidemic is tourism. The outbreak of Ebola in west Africa provides the latest evidence. ?The Ebola scare is really affecting bookings,? says Darren Julyse, a manager with a boutique hotel group in Lagos, Nigeria?s largest city and its commercial capital. ?A lot of big companies are putting on travel restrictions.?
Nigeria has registered just two deaths from Ebola. Business has suffered more in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the virus has killed over 1,000 people in all. Government restrictions on the movement of goods and people have halted commerce in some areas. Cross-border markets have been shut down, stripping vendors of their one source of income. Farmers have fled affected zones, leaving crops to rot in the fields.
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http://www.economist.com/news/inter...ies-well-health-panicking-only-makes-it-worse
Nigeria has registered just two deaths from Ebola. Business has suffered more in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the virus has killed over 1,000 people in all. Government restrictions on the movement of goods and people have halted commerce in some areas. Cross-border markets have been shut down, stripping vendors of their one source of income. Farmers have fled affected zones, leaving crops to rot in the fields.
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http://www.economist.com/news/inter...ies-well-health-panicking-only-makes-it-worse