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Canada extends Ebola travel restrictions for another 30 days
Officials say the 30-day extension keeps tens of thousands of residency and visa applications on hold as the DRC outbreak continues.
- On Friday, Government officials extended the Ebola-related entry ban and visa suspensions for 30 days, affecting residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan.
- The Public Health Agency of Canada cited disease severity for the extension, though the World Health Organization criticized the measures earlier this month as fear-based rather than scientific.
- Immigration officials reported that as of Aug. 12, 31,693 permanent residency applications and 10,465 temporary residency applications remain on hold, affecting about 67,000 individuals overall.
- Canadian Carolyn Nicol remains separated from her husband awaiting visa approval, while Ugandan dance troupe leader Nakate Flavia Priscilla said the ban forced her group to cancel Canadian performances.
- Although the World Health Organization declared the outbreak over in Uganda on Thursday, Canada continues coordinating with the United States and Mexico to "keep Ebola out of North America.
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Canada extends Ebola travel restrictions for another 30 days
Government officials say people from Ebola-affected countries will continue to be banned from entering Canada for another 30 days, prolonging the state of limbo for tens of thousands of people who have had their residency applications suspended since May.
·Toronto, Canada
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