Ebola outbreak re-ignites debate over international travel checks in UK and US
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The US imposes checks on arrivals from Uganda – but will it help halt the potential spread of disease?
By Will Brown, Africa correspondent, in Nairobi
The debate about the value of travel checks and restrictions has reemerged after a strain of Ebola with no known vaccine reached the Ugandan capital – with the US and UK diverging in their response.
Since the hemorrhagic virus was detected in mid-September, roughly 30 deaths and 60 confirmed cases have been detected across the east African cou...
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