{"id":40031,"date":"2026-07-20T08:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40031"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:32:02","slug":"canada-to-temporarily-bar-entry-for-foreigners-who-have-recently-been-to-drc-against-un-advice","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/canada-to-temporarily-bar-entry-for-foreigners-who-have-recently-been-to-drc-against-un-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to temporarily bar entry for foreigners who have recently been to DRC, against UN advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Canadian government said on Sunday \u200bit would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) within the \u200cpast 21 days as part of new, temporary border measures to combat the spread of Ebola.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ban contravenes advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO), which advises against travel or trade restrictions with DRC, where officials are currently struggling to \u200bcontain a large outbreak of Ebola.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The United Nations (UN) health agency says travel restrictions create stigma \u200band can make epidemics harder to control.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;People from affected regions and African communities \u2060have faced unfair suspicion,&#8221; WHO said in a statement last month. &#8220;The spread of Ebola is not \u200bdetermined by nationality or ethnicity.&#8221; WHO estimates that the risk of DRC&#8217;s Ebola outbreak spreading internationally is \u200blow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ebola is mostly spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone infected with the disease. As of July 15, DRC had reported more than 2 100 Ebola cases including 828 deaths.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement on Sunday, Canada&#8217;s Public Health \u200bAgency said &#8220;limiting entry of foreign nationals who have been in DRC in the previous 21 days may \u200breduce public health risks for Canadians.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last \u200bweek, the United States (US) \u2060introduced measures preventing Americans who had been in Congo in the previous 21 days from entering the US via commercial aviation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Seven American aid workers who had been working in DRC to stop the outbreak \u2060are currently quarantining in \u200ba facility in Kenya.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34676,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-40031","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Canadian government said \u200bit would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to DRC","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40032,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40031\/revisions\/40032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}