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Health workers take passengers'
temperatures infrared digital laser thermometers at the Felix Houphouet Boigny
international airport in Abidjan August 13, 2014. (Reuters / Luc Gnago)
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Guinea has declared a “health emergency” as the number
of people killed by the Ebola virus in the West African nation reached 377.
More flights to West African countries have been cancelled as the region waits
for the arrival of experimental drugs, reports RT.
Guinean President Alpha Conde has announced a series
of measures aimed to limit the spread of the disease including travel
restrictions, strict controls at border points and a complete ban on moving
bodies “from one town to another until the end of the epidemic.”
All suspected victims will also be forced to go to
hospital until they are clear of infection.
In
the worst epidemic since the disease was first discovered in 1976, the death
toll has now reached 1,069 with 56 people dying in two days and a total of
2,000 infected, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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