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African health ministers agree to keep borders open amid Ebola outbreak
Health ministers from African countries agreed to keep borders open and strengthen cross-border health coordination despite the Ebola outbreak. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10,172 confirmed cases and 4,932 deaths had been recorded as of October 26.
Following the spread of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kenya and Nigeria, health ministers from African countries decided to keep borders open and strengthen the joint health response.
At a high-level online meeting on October 28, the ministers assessed the latest situation and agreed on the need to increase cross-border health coordination among countries.
Warning over informal border-crossing routes
Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said they did not recommend closing borders to combat the outbreak. Kaseya said such a measure could lead people to use informal routes to cross borders.
Kaseya also called for greater information sharing among countries, stronger outbreak surveillance and the development of joint response capacity to limit the spread of the virus.
10,172 confirmed cases
According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dated October 26, 10,172 confirmed Ebola cases were identified and 4,932 people died.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention had declared the outbreak a continent-wide public health emergency on May 18.
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