http://intelligenttravel.com.au/ Here is the Ebola global travel advisory, as provided by Intelligent Travel's team of researchers and analysts for travel health, safety, security and risk management. Updated 15 Oct 14

1. Ebola Global Travel Advisory
Updated 15 Oct 14
Affected
Countries
Liberia
Sierra
Leone
Nigeria
Senegal
Spain
United
States
Guinea
Kenya
Cape
Verde
Mauri:us
Seychelles
Côte
d'Ivoire
Equatorial
Guinea
Cameroon
South
Sudan
Namibia
Gambia
Gabon
Rwanda
Chad
South
Africa

2. Liberia

3. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 07 Oct 14
Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel

4. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Evidence obtained from responders and
laboratory staff in the country suggests that
the situation in Liberia is getting worse, and
that transmission remains intense in the
capital, Monrovia.

5. Sierra Leone

6. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 07 Oct 14
Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential
Travel

7. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
EVD transmission is rampant in Sierra
Leone, with 425 new confirmed cases
reported between 6 and 12 October. The
areas hardest hit are the capital, Freetown,
with 172 new cases, along with the
neighbouring western districts of Bombali
(94 cases) and Port Loko (67 cases).

8. Nigeria

9. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

10. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
The purpose of this travel notice is to notify
travelers that a small number of Ebola
cases were recently reported in Lagos and
Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The government of
Nigeria responded quickly, and this outbreak
was contained to a small number of cases.
Contacts of people who were infected with
Ebola in Nigeria have also been monitored
for signs of illness. All people in Nigeria who
were sick with Ebola have now either died
or recovered. Contacts of these patients
have completed their 21-day monitoring
period and are no longer at risk for getting
sick with Ebola.

11. Senegal

12. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 21 August closed its land border with
Guinea, while the country's sea and air
borders will also be closed to vessels and
aircraft from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone.

13. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Patient initially sought care August 18 but
did not disclose travel history. He continued
as an outpatient until August 25, receiving
intravenous fluids and other symptomatic
treatment. On August 26, he was admitted
to a specialized hospital for Ebola testing.
October 15, 2014: Senegal have not
reported any new cases since August 29,
2014, respectively. All contacts have now
completed their 21-day follow up, with no
further cases of Ebola reported.

14. Spain

15. Entry Restrictions:
Thorough contact tracing is underway.

16. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On October 6, 2014, Spain confirmed that a
nurse responsible for caring for two patients
with imported cases of EVD tested positive
for the disease.

17. USA

18. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On September 30, 2014, the US confirmed
its first imported case of EVD, from a patient
who had recently travelled from West Africa.
The patient has since died. Thorough
contact tracing is underway and health
screening will be put in place at five major
US airports for travellers arriving from
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

19. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
September 30, 2014, the first laboratory-confirmed
case of Ebola to be diagnosed in
the United States in a person who had
traveled to Dallas, Texas from West Africa.
The patient did not have symptoms when
leaving West Africa, but developed
symptoms approximately four days after
arriving in the United States.

20. On October 10, a healthcare worker at Texas
Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for
the index patient reported a low-grade fever
and was referred for testing. The healthcare
worker has tested positive for Ebola according
to preliminary tests by the Texas Department of
State Health Services’ laboratory. The
healthcare worker was isolated after the initial
report of a fever. CDC confirms that the
healthcare worker is positive for Ebola.
Updated 12 Oct 14
CDC did not recommend that people on the
same flights as the index patient undergo
monitoring because the index patient did not
exhibit symptoms of Ebola during the flights
from West Africa. Ebola is only contagious if
the person is experiencing active symptoms.

21. Updated 15 Oct 14
A healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian
Hospital who provided care for the index
patient has tested positive for Ebola according
to preliminary tests by the Texas Department of
State Health Services’ laboratory. The
healthcare worker was isolated after the initial
report of a fever and remains so now.
The hospital and healthcare worker were
notified of the preliminary positive result. In
addition, CDC has interviewed the healthcare
worker to identify any contacts or potential
exposures in the community.

22. Kenya

23. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 10 October announced that it had closed
the Suam border crossing (Trans-Nzoia
county) with Uganda due to reports of an
Ebola-related death in Bukwo district
(Uganda). Earlier, the Kenyan authorities on
19 August suspended entry of passengers
travelling from and through Guinea, Liberia
and Sierra Leone, excluding health
professionals supporting efforts to contain
the outbreak and Kenyan citizens.

24. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Kenya Airways on Tuesday became the
latest airline to freeze routes to Liberia and
Sierra Leone after Kenya’s ministry of health
recommended a temporary ban, calling the
Ebola outbreak “vastly underestimated” and
saying it was “expected to continue for
some time”.

25. Cape
Verde

26. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 9 October announced that it would now
deny entry to non-resident foreigners
coming from countries with ‘intense Ebola
transmission' – Sierra Leone, Guinea and
Liberia - or who have been to those
countries in the previous 30 days.

27. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
The government of Cape Verde has
announced restrictions on travel into the
country by non-residents who have been in
countries affected by the Ebola virus in the
last 30 days. This includes Senegal, Nigeria,
the DRC, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
These restrictions will remain in place for
the coming three months, after which time
the government will reassess the situation.

28. Mauritius

29. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 8 October banned entry to all travellers
who have visited Nigeria, Sierra Leone,
Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Congo (DRC)
in the last two months, rather than just
citizens of those countries, as was the case
previously. The authorities have announced
that entry restrictions for travellers from
Senegal and Nigeria will be lifted on 10
October and 17 October respectively, if no
further cases of Ebola infection are
reported.

30. Cases Updates:
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Any foreign nationals,
who have visited one or more of the
countries affected by Ebola during the last
two months from the date of their travel to
Mauritius, will temporarily not be allowed to
enter the country. Ebola affected countries
include, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone,
Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of
Congo, as indicated by the high
commission.
Updated 15 Oct 14
The government of Mauritius has also introduced
a temporary travel ban on entry for all nationals
from Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria,
Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo
due to the recent cases of Ebola in these
countries.

31. Seychelles

32. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 8 October suspended entry to travellers
who have visited Sierra Leone, Liberia,
Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria or Congo
(DRC) 28 days prior to their journey, with
the exception of Seychellois citizens.

33. Cases Updates:
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Seychelles is introducing visa
requirements for citizens from countries in the
West African region. This includes Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal,
Mali, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Congo,
DRC, Gambia, Mauritania, and Senegal.
Seychelles has implemented travel restrictions to
Ebola affected countries. All Seychellois nationals
will not be allowed to travel to Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria or the DRC without the
express permission of the Public Health
Commissioner until the epidemic has officially
been deemed to be over by the World Health
Organization (WHO). Travellers from these
countries will not be allowed to enter Seychelles
until the epidemic has been deemed over.
Updated 15 Oct 14

34. Côte d'Ivoire

35. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Has reopened in early October its borders
with Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

36. Equatorial
Guinea

37. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Is denying entry to travellers whose
journeys originated in countries affected by
Ebola.

38. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Flights to/from Sao Tome
and Principe, Cameroon, Ivory Coast,
Ghana, Republic of Congo, Benin, Togo,
Nigeria and Gabon have now resumed.
However, travel to/from West, Central or
East Africa are not being granted permission
from Malabo port which is located on Bioko
island, just off the coast of Equatorial
Guinea. Equatorial Guinea has also
suspended visa issuance for those intending
to travel to or from Equatorial Guinea to or
from any West or Central African countries.

39. Cameroon

40. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 17 September reopened its borders to
travellers from Senegal. An 18 August ban
remains in place on travel from Nigeria,
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

41. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Cameroon has placed a
travel ban on Niggeria, Liberia, Guinea and
Sierra Leone.
Flight Cancellations: Cameroon all flights
from Nigeria last week.

42. South Sudan

43. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Has placed a ban on travellers coming from
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia or Congo
(DRC), or those who have travelled to those
countries in the preceding 21 days.
According to the health ministry, entry of
travellers from Nigeria depends on their
travel history in that country and whether
they have visited Ebola-affected areas.

44. Namibia

45. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Foreign ministry on 11 September
announced that foreigners travelling from
countries affected by Ebola would be
prohibited from entering the country.

46. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Namibia has banned all
travellers from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and
Sierra Leone as part of precautionary
measures to prevent the virus from reaching
Namibia.
Namibian citizens that have travelled to
these countries will be entitled to come back
into the country, but will be subjected to
strict screening at the port of entry to ensure
that they are not infected with Ebola.

47. Gambia

48. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
On 1 September suspended entry of
persons who have visited Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone or Nigeria in the 21 days prior
to travel. Those travelling indirectly from any
of the aforementioned countries to Gambia
via another country also come under this
measure.

49. Gabon

50. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Stated on 22 August that it is restricting the
issuance of entry visas to travellers from
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria
on a case-by-case basis.

51. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Gabon has issued a
travel ban on all nationals of Ebola affected
areas. The country has also issued a travel
warning for travel to Ebola-affected areas.

52. Rwanda

53. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
According to the US Department of State on
22 August, has banned entry to travellers
who have visited Guinea, Liberia or Sierra
Leone in the 22 days prior to travel.

54. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola
Travel restrictions: Rwanda has announced
restrictions on travel from Ebola-hit West
African countries: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra
Leone.
The Rwandan Ministry of Health strongly
recommends that all passengers coming from
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone or anyone
who has travelled to those countries within the
last 22 days be stopped from boarding flights
to Rwanda or entering Rwanda by any means
of transport. An exception is only provided for
passengers with special authorisation signed
by the Minister of Health of the Republic of
Rwanda.

55. Chad

56. Entry Restrictions:
Updated 15 Oct 14
October 07, 2014 Warning - Level 3, Avoid
Nonessential Travel

57. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Evidence obtained from responders and
laboratory staff in the country suggests that
the situation in Liberia is getting worse, and
that
transmission remains intense in the capital,
Monrovia.

58. South
Africa

59. Entry Restrictions:
Member states – Angola, Botswana, Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and
Zimbabwe – have stated that travellers coming
from Ebola-affected countries (according to the
World Health Organisation, WHO) would be
monitored for 21 days and that travel to member
countries for any gatherings would be
discouraged. The SADC provided no details as
to how member countries will carry out the
associated screening and follow-up and it is
likely that countries will have individual
processes. There are also reports that some
countries require health documentation for entry.
Travellers are advised to contact the embassy or
health ministry of their destination country to
clarify their individual circumstances and prepare
their trips accordingly.
Updated 15 Oct 14

60. Cases Updates:
Updated 15 Oct 14
Travel restrictions: South Africa has issued a
travel ban for all non-citizens travelling from
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in an
attempt to prevent the spread of Ebola into
South Africa. Non-citizens will only be allowed
into South Africa when travelling from these
high-risk countries if the entry into the country
is considered 'absolutely essential'.
The South African Department of Health has
issued a travel advisory against all but
essential travel to Liberia, Guinea or Sierra
Leone.

61. Updated 15 Oct 14
Travel restrictions: The South African
Government has advised travellers to avoid
all non-essential travel to and from Liberia,
Guinea or Sierra Leone. However, where
travel is absolutely essential, permission
must be obtained from the relevant authority.
In cases where travel between South Africa
and the affected high-risk areas is
unavoidable, the following procedures must
be followed:

62. In cases where travel between South Africa
and the affected high-risk areas is
unavoidable, the following procedures must
be followed:
All intending travellers must request
permission to travel from South Africa to the
high risk areas or from the high risk areas to
South Africa;
Permission to travel must be sought from the
National Department of Health;
All requests from travellers must be
addressed to the Director-General: Health,
for the attention of Dr Frew Benson and sent
to nathoc1@health.gov.za or
nathoc2@health.gov.za;
For queries, contact Tel: (012) 395-9367 or
(012) 395-9366;
The following information must be provided
when requesting permission to travel:
Updated 15 Oct 14

63. Full personal details, including residential
addresses of South African citizens or in the
case of non-South Africans, the address of
residence while in South Africa (ie, hotel,
etc.);
Next of kin details in the case of South
African citizens;
Full details of the reasons for travel to or
from South Africa;
The traveller must complete a Traveller
Health Questionnaire and submit it with the
request to travel;
A written response from the National
Department of Health will be provided
informing the applicant of the outcome of
their request to travel;
Updated 15 Oct 14