Ivory Coast closes borders with Ebola-hit neighbours

-The Ivory Coast has closed its
borders with Ebola-hit Guinea and
Liberia in a bid to protect citizens against
an epidemic that has killed 1,427 people
across West Africa, the prime minister
said Saturday.
The closure was implemented on Friday
"to protect all people, including
foreigners, living on Ivorian territory,"
Prime Minister Daniel Kaban Duncan said
in a statement.
The move comes in the wake of the first
reported Ebola deaths in the southeast
of Liberia, which borders the Ivory Coast.
Liberia has been the hardest hit by the
worst-ever Ebola outbreak, with 624
deaths since March, according to the
latest figures from the World Health
Organization.